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Hebrews 4:3

“For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said: So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest; although the works had been finished from the foundation of the world.”

Hebrews 4:3 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 95:7-11

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Hebrews quotes again the end of Psalm 95:11: “They will not enter into my rest.”

Formula: καθὼς εἴρηκεν “just as he has said” (Hebrews 4:3)

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Greek of the New Testament: εἰσερχόμεθα γὰρ εἰς κατάπαυσιν οἱ πιστεύσαντες καθὼς εἴρηκεν Ὡς ὤμοσα ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου Εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου καίτοι τῶν ἔργων ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου γενηθέντων

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַם מַרְעִיתוֹ וְצֹאן יָדוֹ הַיּוֹם אִם בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ אַל תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָה כְּיוֹם מַסָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר נִסּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בְּחָנוּנִי גַּם רָאוּ פָעֳלִי אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה אָקוּט בְּדוֹר וָאֹמַר עַם תֹּעֵי לֵבָב הֵם וְהֵם לֹא יָדְעוּ דְרָכָי אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בְאַפִּי אִם יְבֹאוּן אֶל מְנוּחָתִי

Septuagint (Psalms 94:11 in the Septuagint numbering): ὡς ὤμοσα ἐν τῆ ὀργῇ μου Εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 12 consecutive words: “Ὡς ὤμοσα ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου Εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hebrews 4:3, word by word

we who have believedπιστεύσαντεςpisteusantes

trust

To trust in God or in Jesus.

Where else “pisteusantes” appears
enterεἰσερχόμεθαeiserchometha

come into

To enter something new: the kingdom, life, temptation.

Where else “eiserchometha” appears
restκατάπαυσινkatapausin

rest, resting place

Rest, resting place.

Where else “katapausin” appears
he has saidεἴρηκενeirēken

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “eirēken” appears
I sworeὤμοσαōmosa

swear

Swear, take an oath.

Where else “ōmosa” appears
my wrathὀργῇorgēi

wrath

God's anger against evil, his punishment.

Where else “orgēi” appears
althoughκαίτοιkaitoi

and yet, although

And yet, although.

Where else “kaitoi” appears
the worksἔργωνergōn

deed

What someone does, their conduct.

Where else “ergōn” appears
had been finishedγενηθέντωνgenēthentōn

become

To turn into something new, different from before.

Where else “genēthentōn” appears
the foundationκαταβολῆςkatabolēs

foundation

The beginning of the world.

Where else “katabolēs” appears
of the worldκόσμουkosmou

creation

Everything God made.

Where else “kosmou” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Psalm 95:11.

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Psalms 95:7-11

Hebrews quotes again the end of Psalm 95:11: “They will not enter into my rest.”

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Hebrews 4:3

3For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said: So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest; although the works had been finished from the foundation of the world.

Psalms 95:7-11

7For he is our Elohim, and we the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,

The context

2For we too have had the good news announced to us, just as they did; but the word they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who heard it.

3 · This verse (above)

4For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

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