Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did he swear, that they should not enter into his rest: but to them that were incredulous?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
In Context
19And we see that they could not enter in, because of unbelief.
Cross References
Numbers 14:11And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people detract me? how long will they not believe me for all the signs that I have wrought before them?
Numbers 14:30Shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my bend to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.
Deuteronomy 1:26Taking of the fruits thereof, to shew its fertility, they brought them to us, and said: The land is good, which the Lord our God will give us.
Deuteronomy 9:23And when he sent you from Cadesbarne, saying: Go up, and possess the land that I have given you, and you slighted the commandment of the Lord your God, and did not believe him, neither would you hearken to his voice:
Hebrews 3:11As I have sworn in my wrath: If they shall enter into my rest.
Hebrews 4:6Seeing then it remaineth that some are to enter into it, and they, to whom it was first preached, did not enter because of unbelief:
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 3:8-19
Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you… Read the whole commentary →