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Hebrews 3:18

And to whom did he swear, that they should not enter into his rest: but to them that were incredulous?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assurance;   Backsliders;   Oath;   Procrastination;   Reprobacy;   Unbelief;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anger of God, the;   Assurance;   Punishment of the Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Exodus;   Type, typology;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Endurance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebrews;   Perseverance;   Security of the Believer;   Wilderness;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ses;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Unbelief;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Wrath (Anger);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if not to those who disobeyed?
King James Version (1611)
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that beleeued not?
King James Version
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
English Standard Version
And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
New American Standard Bible
And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?
New Century Version
And to whom was God talking when he promised that they would never enter his rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?
Legacy Standard Bible
And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?
Berean Standard Bible
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
Contemporary English Version
And who did God say would never enter his place of rest? Weren't they the ones that disobeyed him?
Complete Jewish Bible
And to whom was it that he swore that they would not enter his rest ? Those who were disobedient.
Darby Translation
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?
Easy-to-Read Version
And which people was God talking to when he promised that they would never enter his place of rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them yt obeyed not?
George Lamsa Translation
And against whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, except against those who did not listen?
Good News Translation
When God made his solemn promise, "They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest"—of whom was he speaking? Of those who rebelled.
Lexham English Bible
And to whom did he swear they would not enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?
Literal Translation
And to whom did "He swear" "they would not enter into His rest," except to those not obeying? LXX-Psa. 94:11; MT-Psa. 95:11
Amplified Bible
And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?
American Standard Version
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?
Bible in Basic English
And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?
Hebrew Names Version
To whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
International Standard Version
And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest, if not to those who disobeyed him?Numbers 14:30; Deuteronomy 1:34-35;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And of whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but of them who would not be persuaded?
Murdock Translation
and of whom swore he, that they should not enter into his rest, but of those who believed not?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And to who sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that were not obedient?
English Revised Version
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?
World English Bible
To whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whose carcases fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Weymouth's New Testament
And to whom did He swear that they should not be admitted to His rest, if it was not to those who were disobedient?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And to whiche swoor he, that thei schulden not entre in to the reste of hym, not but to hem that weren vnbileueful?
Update Bible Version
And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that were disobedient?
Webster's Bible Translation
And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
New English Translation
And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?
New King James Version
And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?
New Living Translation
And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn't it the people who disobeyed him?
New Life Bible
Who did He say could never go into His rest? Was it not those who did not obey Him?
New Revised Standard
And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if not to those who were disobedient?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, unto whom, sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, - save unto them who were obstinate?
Revised Standard Version
And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
To whom sware he that they shuld not enter into his rest: but vnto them that beleved not?
Young's Literal Translation
and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? --
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
To whom sware he, yt they shulde not enter in to his rest, but vnto the yt beleued not?
Mace New Testament (1729)
and who were they, who, he sware, should not enter into his rest, but those that did not believe? so we see that they could not enter in,
Simplified Cowboy Version
Who do you think God was talking about when he said they wouldn't come through his gate for rest or grub? It was the people who refused to ride for him and chose to ride for themselves.

Contextual Overview

7 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith: To-day if you shall hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the desert, 9 Where your fathers tempted me, proved and saw my works, 10 Forty years: for which cause I was offended with this generation, and I said: They always err in heart. And they have not known my ways. 11 As I have sworn in my wrath: If they shall enter into my rest. 12 Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, whilst it is called to day, that none of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ: yet so, if we hold the beginning of his substance firm unto the end. 15 While it is said: To day, if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in that provocation. 16 For some who heard did provoke: but not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to whom: Hebrews 3:11, Numbers 14:30, Deuteronomy 1:34, Deuteronomy 1:35

but: Numbers 14:11, Numbers 20:12, Deuteronomy 1:26-32, Deuteronomy 9:23, Psalms 106:24-26

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:22 - which have Numbers 14:23 - Surely they shall not see Numbers 26:65 - They shall Deuteronomy 1:32 - General 2 Kings 7:20 - General Psalms 78:22 - General Psalms 95:11 - I sware Psalms 106:26 - Therefore Jeremiah 22:5 - I Jeremiah 44:26 - I have sworn Ezekiel 20:15 - I lifted Matthew 25:10 - and the John 20:25 - Except Hebrews 4:2 - not being Hebrews 4:6 - entered Hebrews 4:11 - lest Hebrews 11:6 - without Hebrews 11:31 - believed not

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
Joshua 23:13
Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you.
Job 1:21
And said: Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
Job 31:40
Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
Psalms 90:3
(89-3) Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
Psalms 104:2
(103-2) And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:
Proverbs 22:5
Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest,.... As in Psalms 95:11,

but to them that believed not? the Lord; notwithstanding the signs and wonders he showed among them, they would not be persuaded by Moses and Aaron, by Joshua and Caleb, to be still and quiet, to cease murmuring, and submit to the will of God, and believe in him; they were disobedient, stubborn, and rebellious, and would go up, when they were bid not to go up; for which reason God swore in his wrath that they should not enter into the good land. Unbelief is a source of sin, and cause of judgment, being greatly provoking to God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And to whom sware he - note, Hebrews 3:11.

But to them that believed not - That did not confide in God; Deuteronomy 1:32. “Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God.” In consequence of this want of faith, God solemnly sware unto them that they should not enter into the promised land; Deuteronomy 1:34-35. “And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, “Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land which I sware to give unto your fathers, save Caleb,” etc. The distinct reason, therefore, assigned by Moses why they did not enter the promised land, was a want of faith, and this accords directly with the design of the apostle here. He is exhorting those whom he addressed to beware of an evil heart of unbelief; Hebrews 3:12. He says that it was such a heart that excluded the Hebrews from the promised land. The same thing, says he, must exclude you from heaven - the promised home of the believer; and if that firm confidence in God and his promises which he requires is wanting, you will be excluded from the world of eternal rest.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. To whom sware he — God never acts by any kind of caprice; whenever he pours out his judgments, there are the most positive reasons to vindicate his conduct.

Those whose carcasses fell in the wilderness were they who had sinned. And those who did not enter into his rest were those who believed not. God is represented here as swearing that they should not enter in, in order to show the determinate nature of his purpose, the reason on which it was founded, and the height of the aggravation which occasioned it.


 
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