# Hebrews 3.16-19 **Book:** [Hebrews](/codex/hebrews/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 14. for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: 15. while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. > > **16. For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses? 17. And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18. And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient? 19. And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:14-19, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 14. For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end: 15. while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.” > > **16. For who, when they heard, rebelled? No, didn’t all those who came out of Egypt by Moses? 17. With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18. To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19. We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:14-19, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 14. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15. While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. > > **16. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17. But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18. And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? 19. So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:14-19, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 14. for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast, 15. in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,' > > **16. for certain having heard did provoke, but not all who did come out of Egypt through Moses; 17. but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? 18. and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? 19. and we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:14-19, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [God Lied About the Promised Land Objection Defeater](/codex/god-lied-about-the-promised-land-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.