Passage

Hebrews 3

Book: Hebrews · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus; 2. who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. 3. For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house. 4. For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God. 5. And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken; 6. but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end. 7. Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, 8. Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness, 9. Where your fathers tried me by proving me, And saw my works forty years. 10. Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways; 11. As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. 12. Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: 13. but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: 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 3:1-19, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus; 2. who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. 3. For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house. 4. For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God. 5. Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken, 6. but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end. 7. Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice, 8. don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness, 9. where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my deeds for forty years. 10. Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, but they didn’t know my ways;’ 11. as I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’” 12. Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God; 13. but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 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 3:1-19, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2. Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. ^{appointed: Gr. made} 3. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. 4. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. 5. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 6. But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. 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.) ^{They: Gr. If they shall enter} 12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 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 3:1-19, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, 2. being stedfast to Him who did appoint him, as also Moses in all his house, 3. for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it, 4. for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build [is] God, 5. and Moses indeed [was] stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken, 6. and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast. 7. Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, 8. ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness, 9. in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years; 10. wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, Always do they go astray in heart, and these have not known My ways; 11. so I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest, !') 12. See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God, 13. but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin, 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 3:1-19, YLT)

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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; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

G2722 - katecho

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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