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href="/kjv/psalms/95.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/95.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/95.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore I swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/95.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore I swore in My anger, They shall never enter into My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/95.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath, ‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/95.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I swore in my anger, “They will not enter my rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/95.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I swore in My anger,&#8221 They will not enter My rest.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/95.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/95.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In his anger, God told them, "You people will never enter my place of rest." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/95.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/95.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest!'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/95.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/95.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So in my anger I declared an oath: "They are not to enter my place of rest."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/95.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I swore on oath in My anger, ?They shall never enter My rest.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/95.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/95.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/95.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/95.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/95.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Where I swore in My anger, “If they come into My rest—!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/95.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Where I sware in Mine anger, 'If they come in unto My rest -- !'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/95.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For I sware in mine anger if they shall come in to my rest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/95.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/95.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 94:11>And these have not known my ways. So I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/95.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I swore in my anger: “They shall never enter my rest.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/95.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore in my anger I swore, “They shall not enter my rest.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/95.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/95.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />As I have sworn in my anger, "They will not enter my rest!" Ps<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/95.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherefore I swore in My wrath, That they should not enter into My rest.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/95.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/95-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=12001" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/95.htm">The Rock of Our Salvation</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: niš·ba‘·tî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">I swore on oath</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ḇə·’ap·pî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">in My anger,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">“They shall never</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yə·ḇō·’ūn (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4496.htm" title="4496: mə·nū·ḥā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Resting place, rest. Or mnuchah; feminine of Manowach; repose or peacefully; figuratively, consolation; hence an abode.">My rest.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Hebrews 3:11</a></span><br />So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3</a></span><br />Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-5.htm">Hebrews 4:5</a></span><br />And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-23.htm">Numbers 14:23</a></span><br />not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Numbers 14:30</a></span><br />Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-35</a></span><br />When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Hebrews 3:18-19</a></span><br />And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Hebrews 4:6</a></span><br />Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/32-10.htm">Numbers 32:10-13</a></span><br />So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying, / ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— / not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-9.htm">Deuteronomy 12:9</a></span><br />For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Ezekiel 20:15</a></span><br />Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-10</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hebrews 4:7-11</a></span><br />God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” / For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. / There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">To whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.</p><p class="hdg">I sware</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-23.htm">Numbers 14:23,28-30</a></b></br> Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34,35</a></b></br> And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Hebrews 3:11,18</a></b></br> So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) … </p><p class="hdg">that they should not enter.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2,3</a></b></br> And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Jeremiah 6:16</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where <i>is</i> the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk <i>therein</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28,29</a></b></br> Come unto me, all <i>ye</i> that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/90-11.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/88-11.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/psalms/88-2.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/psalms/89-49.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/psalms/94-13.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/ezra/10-5.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/psalms/89-49.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/psalms/94-14.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/psalms/90-11.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/102-10.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/97-6.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/psalms/100-4.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/psalms/105-9.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/psalms/104-22.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/psalms/105-9.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/psalms/115-2.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/psalms/102-10.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 95</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-1.htm">An exhortation to praise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-3.htm">For his greatness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-6.htm">And for his goodness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">And not to tempt him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/95.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/95.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So I swore on oath in My anger</b><br>This phrase reflects God's response to the Israelites' repeated disobedience and lack of faith during their wilderness journey. The swearing of an oath by God emphasizes the seriousness and irrevocability of His decision. In biblical context, an oath is a solemn promise, often invoking divine witness. God's anger here is not capricious but a righteous response to the people's rebellion, as seen in <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a>, where God declares that the generation that tested Him would not see the Promised Land. This reflects God's holiness and justice, as well as His intolerance for unbelief and disobedience.<p><b>“They shall never enter My rest.”</b><br>The "rest" mentioned here refers to the Promised Land, a place of peace and fulfillment for the Israelites after their deliverance from Egypt. Historically, this rest was a physical territory, but it also symbolizes spiritual rest and salvation. Theologically, this phrase is significant in the New Testament, particularly in <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Hebrews 3:11 and 4</a>:3-11, where it is used to illustrate the spiritual rest available through faith in Christ. The failure to enter God's rest serves as a warning against unbelief and disobedience, urging believers to persevere in faith. This rest is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who offers eternal rest to those who trust in Him, as seen in <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His judgment and decision regarding the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom God is speaking, specifically those who wandered in the wilderness and tested God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The place where the Israelites wandered for 40 years due to their disobedience and lack of faith.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rest.htm">Rest</a></b><br>Symbolic of the Promised Land, representing peace, fulfillment, and God's blessing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/oath.htm">Oath</a></b><br>A solemn promise made by God, emphasizing the seriousness of His declaration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br>God's oath highlights the severe consequences of disobedience and unbelief. Believers are called to trust and obey God fully.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_'rest'.htm">Understanding 'Rest'</a></b><br>The concept of rest goes beyond physical rest; it includes spiritual peace and fulfillment found in a relationship with God. Believers are encouraged to seek this rest through faith in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_hardened_hearts.htm">The Danger of Hardened Hearts</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites hardened their hearts, believers today must guard against unbelief and rebellion, which can lead to missing out on God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_and_justice.htm">God's Faithfulness and Justice</a></b><br>God's response to the Israelites' disobedience demonstrates His faithfulness to His word and His justice. Believers can trust that God will fulfill His promises, both of blessing and of judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/invitation_to_rest_in_christ.htm">Invitation to Rest in Christ</a></b><br>Jesus offers a rest that is available to all who come to Him. This rest is characterized by peace, forgiveness, and eternal life, contrasting with the rest denied to the disobedient Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_95.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 95</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'rest'.htm">What did Jesus mean by "I will give you rest"?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_believers_enter_god's_rest_amid_turmoil.htm">From Hebrews 4:1-3, how can we reconcile the promise of 'entering his rest' when believers throughout history still face turmoil, suffering, and unrest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_heb._3_11_align_with_god's_love.htm">Hebrews 3:11 alludes to God's wrath preventing entry into rest; how does this align with a loving God in contrast to other biblical passages emphasizing divine mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_95_7-11_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Psalm 95:7-11 portrays God's long-term wrath on an entire generation, how does that reconcile with passages emphasizing God's mercy (e.g., Exodus 34:6)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/95.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">I sware.</span>--<a href="/context/numbers/14-21.htm" title="But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.">Numbers 14:21-27</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Rest.</span>--This is, of course, the Promised Land, as the context unmistakably shows. The freedom taken with the passage by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, in order to make the psalm point us to a "future" rest, was such as Jewish doctors ordinarily used, and of which other instances occur in the New Testament--notably St. Paul's argument in <a href="/galatians/3-16.htm" title="Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He said not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your seed, which is Christ.">Galatians 3:16</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/95.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Unto whom I sware in my wrath;</span> rather, <span class="accented">so that that I sware in my wrath</span>, or "wherefore I sware in my wrath" (for the oath itself, see <a href="/numbers/14-21.htm">Numbers 14:21-23</a>; and comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34, 35</a>). <span class="cmt_word">That</span> <span class="cmt_word">they should not enter into my rest.</span> The "rest" originally intended was that of Canaan, when "the Lord gave rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about" (<a href="/joshua/23-1.htm">Joshua 23:1</a>). But Canaan was a type of the heavenly rest; and the warning given to the Israel of his day by the present psalmist is to be regarded as a warning that, if they followed in the steps of their forefathers, they might miss of that final and crowning "rest," which, after the wilderness of this world is traversed, still "remaineth for the people of God" (see <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-19</a>; <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-9</a>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/95-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I swore on oath</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(niš·ba‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seven oneself, swear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in My anger,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְאַפִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·’ap·pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“They shall never</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">enter</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝בֹא֗וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇō·’ūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My rest.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מְנוּחָתִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·nū·ḥā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4496.htm">Strong's 4496: </a> </span><span class="str2">Repose, peacefully, consolation, an abode</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 95:11 Therefore I swore in my wrath They (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 95:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 95:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/96-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 96:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 96:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>