Hebrews 4:8
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
In Context
9There remains therefore a Sabbath for the people of God.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:19Therefore it shall be, when LORD thy God has given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from un
Joshua 22:4And now LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now turn ye, and get you to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of LORD gave you beyond the Jordan.
1 Chronicles 7:27Nun his son, Joshua his son.
Psalms 105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labor of the peoples in possession,
Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:2-11
Gospel Privileges; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of… Read the whole commentary →