Hebrews 4:8 Parallel Translations
NASB: For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: If Joshua had given the people rest, God would not have spoken about another day.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
ASV: For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
BBE: For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.
DBY: For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.
ERV: For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
WEY: For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.
WBS: For if Jesus had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day.
WEB: For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
YLT: for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;
Hebrews 4:8 Cross References
XREF:Joshua 22:4 "And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; therefore turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 4:8 For if {b} Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
(b) He speaks of Joshua the son of Nun: and as the land of Canaan was a figure of our true rest, so was Joshua a figure of Christ.
PNT: 4:8 For if Jesus. Joshua in the Revised Version. Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew word Joshua.
Had given them rest. Joshua led Israel over the Jordan into Canaan, but that did not give them complete rest.
Then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. If that had been true, David would not have exhorted them to seek to enter into rest. Five hundred years after they entered Canaan this exhortation is given in Ps 95:7-11.
WES: 4:8 The rest - All the rest which God had promised.
MHC: 4:1-10 The privileges we have under the gospel, are greater than any had under the law of Moses, though the same gospel for substance was preached under both Testaments. There have been in all ages many unprofitable hearers; and unbelief is at the root of all unfruitfulness under the word. Faith in the hearer is the life of the word. But it is a painful consequence of partial neglect, and of a loose and wavering profession, that they often cause men to seem to come short. Let us then give diligence, that we may have a clear entrance into the kingdom of God. As God finished his work, and then rested from it, so he will cause those who believe, to finish their work, and then to enjoy their rest. It is evident, that there is a more spiritual and excellent sabbath remaining for the people of God, than that of the seventh day, or that into which Joshua led the Jews. This rest is, a rest of grace, and comfort, and holiness, in the gospel state. And a rest in glory, where the people of God shall enjoy the end of their faith, and the object of all their desires. The rest, or sabbatism, which is the subject of the apostle's reasoning, and as to which he concludes that it remains to be enjoyed, is undoubtedly the heavenly rest, which remains to the people of God, and is opposed to a state of labour and trouble in this world. It is the rest they shall obtain when the Lord Jesus shall appear from heaven. But those who do not believe, shall never enter into this spiritual rest, either of grace here or glory hereafter. God has always declared man's rest to be in him, and his love to be the only real happiness of the soul; and faith in his promises, through his Son, to be the only way of entering that rest.
CONC:Afterward Afterwards Anything Future Joshua Later Rest Speak Speaking Spoken
PREV:Afterward Afterwards Future Hear Jesus Joshua Later Rest Speak Speaking True.
NEXT:Afterward Afterwards Future Hear Jesus Joshua Later Rest Speak Speaking True.
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