# Hebrews 3.19

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**Book:** [Hebrews](/codex/hebrews/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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?
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> **19. And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:17-19, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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?
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> **19. We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:17-19, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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?
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> **19. So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:17-19, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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?
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> **19. and we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.** (Hebrews 3:17-19, YLT)

## Setting

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## 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.


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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [God Lied About the Promised Land Objection Defeater](/codex/god-lied-about-the-promised-land-objection-defeater/)

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## 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.