Focused Passage

Hebrews 3:7-19

Consider Jesus, the Faithful Son Over God's House

The chapter calls believers to fix their attention on Jesus, the faithful Son greater than Moses, and to resist hardened unbelief by holding firmly to Christ and exhorting one another today.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

8 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

9 where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’

11 So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

15 As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

16 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

18 And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?

19 So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.

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References and Original Words

Verse 7

Original words

Therefore Διό G1352 Conjunction as καθὼς G2531 Adverb the τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular - τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Holy Ἅγιον G40 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Spirit Πνεῦμα G4151 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular says λέγει G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Today Σήμερον G4594 Adverb if ἐὰν G1437 Conjunction you hear ἀκούσητε G191 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural His αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular voice φωνῆς G5456 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 8

Original words

[do] not μὴ G3361 Adverb harden σκληρύνητε G4645 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural your ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural - τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural hearts καρδίας G2588 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural as [you did] ὡς G5613 Adverb in ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular rebellion παραπικρασμῷ G3894 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular in κατὰ G2596 Preposition the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular day ἡμέραν G2250 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular of testing πειρασμοῦ G3986 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular wilderness ἐρήμῳ G2048 Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 9

Original words

where οὗ G3757 Adverb your ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural fathers πατέρες G3962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural tested ἐπείρασαν G3985 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural [and] ἐν G1722 Preposition tried [Me] δοκιμασίᾳ G1382 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction for forty τεσσεράκοντα G5062 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural years ἔτη G2094 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural saw εἶδον G3708 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural My μου G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular - τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural works ἔργα G2041 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 10

Original words

Therefore διὸ G1352 Conjunction I was angry προσώχθισα G4360 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular with τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular that ταύτῃ G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular generation γενεᾷ G1074 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction I said εἶπον G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular Their αὐτοὶ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural hearts καρδίᾳ G2588 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular {are} always Ἀεὶ G104 Adverb going astray πλανῶνται G4105 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural and δὲ G1161 Conjunction vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb they have not known ἔγνωσαν G1097 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural My μου G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular - τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural ways ὁδούς G3598 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Verse 11

Original words

So ὡς G5613 Adverb I swore on oath ὤμοσα G3660 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition My μου G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular anger ὀργῇ G3709 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular vvv Εἰ G1487 Conjunction They shall never enter εἰσελεύσονται G1525 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural . . . εἰς G1519 Preposition My μου G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular rest κατάπαυσίν G2663 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Psalm 95:7–11 (see also LXX)
Verse 12

Original words

See to it Βλέπετε G991 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural brothers ἀδελφοί G80 Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural [that] ποτε G4219 Conjunction vvv μή‿ G3361 Adverb [none] τινι G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular - ἔν G1722 Preposition of you ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural has ἔσται G1510 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular a wicked πονηρὰ G4190 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular heart καρδία G2588 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular of unbelief ἀπιστίας G570 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular vvv ἐν G1722 Preposition vvv τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Singular that turns away ἀποστῆναι G868 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active from ἀπὸ G575 Preposition [the] living ζῶντος G2198 Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular God Θεοῦ G2316 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 13

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But ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction exhort παρακαλεῖτε G3870 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural one another ἑαυτοὺς G1438 Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural . . . καθ’ G2596 Preposition vvv ἑκάστην G1538 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular daily ἡμέραν G2250 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular as long as ἄχρις G891 Preposition - οὗ G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular it is called καλεῖται G2564 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular - τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular today Σήμερον G4594 Adverb so that ἵνα G2443 Conjunction vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb none τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular of ἐξ G1537 Preposition you ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural may be hardened σκληρυνθῇ G4645 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular by sin’s ἁμαρτίας G266 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular deceitfulness ἀπάτῃ G539 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 14

Original words

- γὰρ G1063 Conjunction We have come γεγόναμεν G1096 Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural to share Μέτοχοι G3353 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural - τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular in Christ Χριστοῦ G5547 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular if ἐάνπερ G1437 Conjunction we hold κατάσχωμεν G2722 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural firmly βεβαίαν G949 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular to μέχρι G3360 Preposition [the] end τέλους G5056 Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular assurance ὑποστάσεως G5287 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular [we had] at first ἀρχὴν G746 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 15

Original words

As ἐν G1722 Preposition - τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Neuter Singular it has been said λέγεσθαι G3004 Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive Today Σήμερον G4594 Adverb if ἐὰν G1437 Conjunction you hear ἀκούσητε G191 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural His αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular voice φωνῆς G5456 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular {do} not Μὴ G3361 Adverb harden σκληρύνητε G4645 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural your ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural - τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural hearts καρδίας G2588 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural as [you did] ὡς G5613 Adverb in ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular rebellion παραπικρασμῷ G3894 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Psalm 95:7–8
Verse 16

Original words

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction who were the ones who Τίνες G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural heard ἀκούσαντες G191 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural [and] rebelled παρεπίκραναν G3893 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural - ἀλλ’ G235 Conjunction [Were they] not οὐ G3756 Adverb all πάντες G3956 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural those οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Moses Μωϋσέως G3475 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular led διὰ G1223 Preposition - ἐξελθόντες G1831 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural out of ἐξ G1537 Preposition Egypt Αἰγύπτου G125 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 17

Original words

And δὲ G1161 Conjunction with whom τίσιν G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural was [God] angry προσώχθισεν G4360 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular for forty τεσσεράκοντα G5062 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural years ἔτη G2094 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural [Was it] not οὐχὶ G3780 IntPrtcl with those who τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural sinned ἁμαρτήσασιν G264 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural whose ὧν G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural - τὰ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Plural bodies κῶλα G2966 Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural fell ἔπεσεν G4098 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular wilderness ἐρήμῳ G2048 Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 18

Original words

And δὲ G1161 Conjunction to whom τίσιν G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural did He swear [that they] ὤμοσεν G3660 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb would never enter εἰσελεύσεσθαι G1525 Verb - Future Infinitive Middle . . . εἰς G1519 Preposition His αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular rest κατάπαυσιν G2663 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular [Was it] εἰ G1487 Conjunction not μὴ G3361 Adverb to those who τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural disobeyed ἀπειθήσασιν G544 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 19

Original words

[So] καὶ G2532 Conjunction we see βλέπομεν G991 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural that [it was] ὅτι G3754 Conjunction because of δι’ G1223 Preposition [their] unbelief ἀπιστίαν G570 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb that they were unable ἠδυνήθησαν G1410 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural to enter εἰσελθεῖν G1525 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active

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