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Version</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hebrews/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hebrews/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given rest to them, He would not have spoken after this about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hebrews/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hebrews/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hebrews/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hebrews/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hebrews/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />[This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak about another day [of opportunity] after that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hebrews/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hebrews/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hebrews/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hebrews/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If Joshua had really given the people rest, there would not be any need for God to talk about another day of rest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hebrews/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hebrews/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If Joshua had given the people rest, God would not have spoken about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hebrews/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If Joshua had given the people the rest that God had promised, God would not have spoken later about another day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hebrews/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken later about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hebrews/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hebrews/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hebrews/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hebrews/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For if Jesus had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hebrews/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hebrews/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken after these things concerning another day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given rest to them, He would not have spoken after this about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hebrews/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hebrews/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For if Jesus had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken of another day after these things.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hebrews/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For if Jesus had given them rest, he would never have afterwards spoken of another day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hebrews/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For if Jesus had offered them rest, he would never have spoken, afterward, about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterwards of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak later about another day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For if Joshua the son of Nun had given them rest, he would not afterward have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For if Yeshua, son of Nun, had given them rest, he would not afterward have spoken of another day.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/hebrews/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not, after this, have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/hebrews/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not speak concerning another day after these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/hebrews/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them the rest, he would not afterwards have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/hebrews/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for if Joshuah had given them rest, David would not afterwards have mentioned another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/hebrews/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />For, had Joshua given them rest, He would not afterward have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/hebrews/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them <i>the</i> rest, He would not afterwards have spoken of another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/4-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=565" 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/hebrews/4.htm">The Sabbath Rest</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>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.” <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Joshua</a> <a href="/greek/2664.htm" title="2664: katepausen (V-AIA-3S) -- From kata and pauo; to settle down, i.e. to colonize, or to desist.">had given them rest,</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autous (PPro-AM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: elalei (V-IIA-3S) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">God would not have spoken</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">later</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tauta (DPro-ANP) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.">about</a> <a href="/greek/243.htm" title="243: allēs (Adj-GFS) -- Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; else, i.e. Different.">another</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmeras (N-GFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">day.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">9</span>There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.…<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="/joshua/1-13.htm">Joshua 1:13-15</a></span><br />“Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’ / Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them, / until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Psalm 95:7-11</a></span><br />For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-9.htm">Deuteronomy 12:9-10</a></span><br />For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you. / When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-44.htm">Joshua 21:44</a></span><br />And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/22-4.htm">Joshua 22:4</a></span><br />And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-1.htm">Joshua 23:1</a></span><br />A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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/3-18.htm">Hebrews 3:18</a></span><br />And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1</a></span><br />Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.<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/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Romans 15:4</a></span><br />For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.</p><p class="hdg">Jesus, that is, Joshua.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></b></br> Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;</p><p class="hdg">had.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13-15</a></b></br> These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of <i>them</i>, and embraced <i>them</i>, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-9.htm">Deuteronomy 12:9</a></b></br> For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/25-19.htm">Deuteronomy 25:19</a></b></br> Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee <i>for</i> an inheritance to possess it, <i>that</i> thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget <i>it</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-8.htm">Future</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-3.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Later</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-4.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">True.</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm">Future</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-23.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/exodus/17-9.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Later</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-9.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-2.htm">True.</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">The Sabbath-Rest for Christians is attained by faith.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">The power of God's word.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">By our high priest Jesus, the Son of God,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">we may and must go boldly to the throne of grace.</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 /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>For if Joshua</b><br />The name "Joshua" in Greek is "Ἰησοῦς" (Iēsous), which is the same name as "Jesus." This can sometimes lead to confusion, but here it clearly refers to Joshua, the successor of Moses. Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land, a significant historical event that symbolized entering God's rest. However, the rest Joshua provided was incomplete, pointing to a greater rest to come. This highlights the continuity of God's plan from the Old Testament to the New Testament, where Jesus, the greater Joshua, offers a more profound spiritual rest.<p><b>had given them rest</b><br />The Greek word for "rest" here is "κατάπαυσιν" (katapausin), which means cessation from labor or a state of tranquility. The rest that Joshua provided was a physical rest in the land of Canaan, a temporary and incomplete rest. This phrase emphasizes that the rest Joshua provided was not the ultimate rest God intended for His people. It serves as a foreshadowing of the spiritual rest found in Christ, which is eternal and complete.<p><b>God would not have spoken later</b><br />This phrase underscores the divine nature of Scripture, where God is the ultimate author. The reference to God speaking "later" indicates that the promise of rest was not fully realized in Joshua's time. It points to the progressive revelation of God's plan throughout history. The fact that God spoke of another day suggests that His promises are ongoing and that His ultimate rest is still available to believers.<p><b>about another day</b><br />The "another day" refers to a future time when God's promise of rest would be fully realized. This is a prophetic reference to the rest that believers find in Jesus Christ. The "day" symbolizes a new era inaugurated by Christ's work on the cross and His resurrection. It is a call to enter into the spiritual rest that is available now through faith in Jesus, and it also points to the ultimate rest in the eternal kingdom of God. This phrase encourages believers to look beyond the temporal and seek the eternal rest that God offers through His Son.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) For, had the promise been fulfilled in Joshua's conquest, the Psalm (God in the Psalm) would not be speaking of another day, saying "To-day" (<a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm" title="Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.">Hebrews 4:7</a>). (In one other place in the New Testament the Greek form of the name of Joshua is preserved. See the Note on <a href="/acts/7-45.htm" title="Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;">Acts 7:45</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 8, 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day</span>. The conclusion is now drawn: <span class="cmt_word">There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God</span>; the true nature of the rest intended being beautifully denoted by the word <span class="greek">σαββατισμὸς</span>, which refers to the Divine rest "from the foundation of the world," while the offer of it to true believers always, and not to the Israelites only, is intimated by the phrase, "the people of God." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hebrews/4-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="grk">Εἰ</span> <span class="translit">(Ei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Joshua</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦς</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had given them rest,</span><br /><span class="grk">κατέπαυσεν</span> <span class="translit">(katepausen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2664.htm">Strong's 2664: </a> </span><span class="str2">From kata and pauo; to settle down, i.e. to colonize, or to desist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[God] would not have spoken</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐλάλει</span> <span class="translit">(elalei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">later</span><br /><span class="grk">μετὰ</span> <span class="translit">(meta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">about</span><br /><span class="grk">περὶ</span> <span class="translit">(peri)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4012.htm">Strong's 4012: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄλλης</span> <span class="translit">(allēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_243.htm">Strong's 243: </a> </span><span class="str2">Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμέρας</span> <span class="translit">(hēmeras)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest (Heb. 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