Passage

Hebrews 4.2

Book: Hebrews · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it."

"2. For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard."

"3. For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4. For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;" (Hebrews 4:1-4, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest."

"2. For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard."

"3. For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4. For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works”;" (Hebrews 4:1-4, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"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. ^{the word: Gr. the word of hearing} ^{not being: or, because they were not united by faith to}"

"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 the world. 4. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works." (Hebrews 4:1-4, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,"

"2. for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,"

"3. for we do enter into the rest, we who did believe, as He said, 'So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest --;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world, 4. for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh [day] thus: 'And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'" (Hebrews 4:1-4, 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; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

G2097 - euangelizo

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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