Hebrews 4:8
for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken after these things concerning another day;
Literal Standard 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, then, a Sabbath rest to the people of God,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:19And it has been, in your God YHWH giving rest to you from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance to possess it, you blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens—you do not forget.”
Joshua 22:4And now, your God YHWH has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; and now, turn, and go for yourselves to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses, servant of YHWH, has given to you beyond the Jordan.
1 Chronicles 7:27Nun his son, Joshua his son.
Psalms 105:44And He gives to them the lands of nations, || And they possess the labor of peoples,
Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, having not received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having been persuaded, and having greeted [them], and having confessed that they are strangers 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 →