Hebrews 4:8
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
World English Bible British
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 rest for the people of God.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:19Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
Joshua 22:4Now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan.
1 Chronicles 7:27Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labour of the peoples in possession,
Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims 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 →