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href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/hebrews/3.htm">New International Version</a> As has just been said: &#8220Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/hebrews/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.” <a href="/esv/hebrews/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” <a href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.” <a href="/blb/hebrews/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> As it is said: "Today if you should hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion." <a href="/kjv/hebrews/3.htm">King James Bible</a> While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/3.htm">New King James Version</a> while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> while it is said, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.” <a href="/nasb/hebrews/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> while it is said, &#8220TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> while it is said, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.” <a href="/lsb/hebrews/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> while it is said, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.” <a href="/amp/hebrews/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> while it is said, “TODAY [while there is still opportunity] IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah].” <a href="/csb/hebrews/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> As it is said: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> As it is said: Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. <a href="/asv/hebrews/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. <a href="/cev/hebrews/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Scriptures say, "If you hear his voice today, don't be stubborn like those who rebelled." <a href="/erv/hebrews/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> while it is said, Today if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Scripture says, "If you hear God speak today, don't be stubborn. Don't be stubborn like those who rebelled." <a href="/gnt/hebrews/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is what the scripture says: "If you hear God's voice today, do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were when they rebelled against God." <a href="/isv/hebrews/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me." <a href="/msb/hebrews/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> As it has been said: ?Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.? <a href="/net/hebrews/3.htm">NET Bible</a> As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." <a href="/nheb/hebrews/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> while it is said, "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion." <a href="/wbt/hebrews/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> While it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. <a href="/wey/hebrews/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> seeing that the warning still comes to us, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the provocation." <a href="/web/hebrews/3.htm">World English Bible</a> while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> as it is said, “Today, if you may hear His voice, you may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation.” <a href="/blb/hebrews/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> As it is said: "Today if you should hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion." <a href="/ylt/hebrews/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,' <a href="/slt/hebrews/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In that it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, ye should not harden your hearts, as in the exasperation.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> While it is said, To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in that provocation. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For it has been said: “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts, in the same manner as in the former provocation.” <a href="/nabre/hebrews/3.htm">New American Bible</a> for it is said: “Oh, that today you would hear his voice: ‘Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.’ ” <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> As it is said, Today, if you hear even the echoes of his voice, do not harden your hearts to anger him. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Just as it was said, “Today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts to anger him.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> while it is said, Today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the bitter provocation. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> In that it is said, This day if you hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation: <a href="/haweis/hebrews/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> while it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation. <a href="/mace/hebrews/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> which is imply'd by, "to-day since ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as at Meriba." <a href="/wey/hebrews/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> seeing that the warning still comes to us, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the provocation." <a href="/worrell/hebrews/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> while it is said, "To-day, if ye hear His voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation." <a href="/worsley/hebrews/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> "To-day if ye will hear his voice, <a href="/parallel/hebrews/3-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=441" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm">The Peril of Unbelief</a> …14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. 15<a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">As</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legesthai (V-PNM/P) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">it has been said:</a> <a href="/greek/4594.htm" title="4594: Sēmeron (Adv) -- Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now.">“Today,</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/191.htm" title="191: akousēte (V-ASA-2P) -- To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.">you hear</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5456.htm" title="5456: phōnēs (N-GFS) -- Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.">voice,</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: Mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">do not</a> <a href="/greek/4645.htm" title="4645: sklērynēte (V-ASA-2P) -- To harden, make hard, make stubborn. From skleros; to indurate, i.e. render stubborn.">harden</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardias (N-AFP) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">hearts,</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as you did</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3894.htm" title="3894: parapikrasmō (N-DMS) -- A provocation, irritation, rebellion. From parapikraino; irritation.">rebellion.”</a> 16For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Psalm 95:7-8</a> 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, <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hebrews 4:7</a> 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.” <a href="/2_corinthians/6-2.htm">2 Corinthians 6:2</a> For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation! <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-8</a> 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, <a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a> For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a> Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11</a> Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23-24</a> but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. <a href="/zechariah/7-12.htm">Zechariah 7:12</a> They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/proverbs/28-14.htm">Proverbs 28:14</a> Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble. <a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Romans 11:8</a> as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19-20</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live, / and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a> All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>While it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.To day.<a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7,8</a> Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, … <a href="/hebrews/10-38.htm">Hebrews 10:38,29</a> Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-9.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Provocation</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Rebellion</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm">Today</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Warning</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-9.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Harden</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Provocation</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Provoked</a> <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Rebellion</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Today</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/exodus/21-29.htm">Warning</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 3</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Christ is more worthy than Moses;</a> 7. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">therefore if we believe not in him, we shall be more worthy punishment than hardhearted Israel.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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/hebrews/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>As it has been said: This phrase introduces a quotation from the Old Testament, specifically from <a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Psalm 95:7-8</a>. The author of Hebrews frequently uses Old Testament references to connect the teachings of the New Covenant with the history and experiences of Israel. This establishes continuity and authority, reminding readers of the divine inspiration and timeless relevance of Scripture.“Today, if you hear His voice: The word "Today" emphasizes the immediacy and urgency of responding to God's call. It suggests that the opportunity to respond to God is always present and should not be postponed. The concept of hearing God's voice implies an active listening and obedience to His will. This echoes the Shema in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>, where Israel is called to hear and obey the Lord. It also connects to Jesus' teachings in the Gospels, where He often says, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" (e.g., <a href="/matthew/11-15.htm">Matthew 11:15</a>).do not harden your hearts, Hardening of the heart is a recurring theme in Scripture, often associated with resistance to God's will and a refusal to trust Him. In the context of Hebrews, it serves as a warning against unbelief and disobedience. The heart, in biblical terms, is the center of one's being, encompassing mind, will, and emotions. A hardened heart is closed off to God's influence and guidance, as seen in Pharaoh's resistance in Exodus.as you did in the rebellion.” This refers to the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness, particularly at Meribah and Massah, as recounted in <a href="/exodus/17.htm">Exodus 17:1-7</a> and <a href="/numbers/20.htm">Numbers 20:1-13</a>. The rebellion was characterized by doubt, complaint, and a lack of faith in God's provision and promises. This historical event serves as a cautionary tale for the readers of Hebrews, illustrating the consequences of unbelief and disobedience. It underscores the importance of faithfulness and trust in God's promises, drawing a parallel to the Christian journey and the need to persevere in faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The original recipients of the warning, who hardened their hearts during their wilderness journey after the Exodus from Egypt. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites during the Exodus, who witnessed their rebellion and interceded on their behalf. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The setting of the Israelites' rebellion, where they wandered for 40 years due to their unbelief and disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_rebellion.htm">The Rebellion (Meribah)</a> Refers to specific events where the Israelites tested God, such as at Meribah, where they quarreled and doubted God's provision. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul or another early Christian leader, who uses this historical example to warn and encourage believers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_today.htm">The Urgency of Today</a> The word "Today" emphasizes the immediacy of responding to God's voice. Believers are encouraged to act in the present, not delaying obedience. <a href="/topical/h/hearing_god's_voice.htm">Hearing God's Voice</a> This involves being attentive to God's Word and the Holy Spirit's prompting. It requires a heart open to conviction and guidance. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_a_hardened_heart.htm">The Danger of a Hardened Heart</a> A hardened heart is resistant to God's voice and leads to disobedience. Believers must guard against becoming callous or indifferent to spiritual truths. <a href="/topical/l/learning_from_the_past.htm">Learning from the Past</a> The Israelites' rebellion serves as a cautionary tale. Christians are called to learn from their mistakes and remain faithful. <a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_community.htm">Encouragement in Community</a> The context of <a href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm">Hebrews 3</a> encourages mutual exhortation among believers to prevent the hardening of hearts. Community support is vital for spiritual growth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 3</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_rebellious_kids.htm">What does the Bible say about rebellious children?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_swearing.htm">Why does God cause people's hearts to harden?</a> <a href="/q/is_today_the_day_of_salvation.htm">Is today the day of salvation?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_deathbed_conversions.htm">What does the Bible say about deathbed conversions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) If ye will hear.--Rather, as before (<a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm" title="Why (as the Holy Ghost said, To day if you will hear his voice,">Hebrews 3:7</a>), if ye shall hear. The true connection of this verse is not easily decided. By many it is held that the words should be joined with what follows, and commence a new paragraph; but this does not seem probable. Either <a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm" title="For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;">Hebrews 3:14</a> is parenthetical, so that this verse emphasises the reference to "today" in <a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm" title="But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.">Hebrews 3:13</a>; or the thought of the writer is that we must "hold fast the beginning of our confidence" in the presence of this divine warning--whilst day by day these words are addressed to us anew.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - While it is said, Today, etc. Commentators have found unnecessary difficulty in determining the connection of ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαι. Many, taking the words as the beginning of a new sentence, have been at pains to discover the apodosis to them. Cbrysostom, Grotius, Rosenmuller, and others find it in φοβηθῶμεν οϋν, <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1</a>; notwithstanding the οϋν, which seems evidently to introduce a new sentence, and the long parenthesis which, on this supposition, intervenes. Others find it in μὴ σκληρύνητε ("harden not your hearts"), in the middle of the citation of ver. 16, as if the writer of the Epistle adopted these words as his own. Delitzsch finds it in ver. 16, taken as an interrogation (τίνες, not τινὲς: see below); thus: "When it is said, Today... harden not your hearts as in the provocation,... who did provoke? Nay, did not all?" The γὰρ after τίνες he accounts for by its idiomatic use found in such passages as <a href="/acts/8-31.htm">Acts 8:31</a>; <a href="/acts/19-35.htm">Acts 19:35</a>, conveying the sense of the English, "Why, who did provoke?" But this use of γὰρ, obvious in the texts adduced as parallel, would be forced here; the structure of the sentence does not easily lend itself to it. Still, this is the view taken by Tholuck, Bleek, De Wette, Lunemann, and others, as well as Delitzsch. But, notwithstanding such weighty support, difficulties are surely best avoided by taking ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαι, not as commencing a new sentence, but in connection with ver. 14 preceding, as it seems most natural to take it in the absence of any connecting particle to mark a new proposition. In this case the translation of the A.V. gives a fully satisfactory sense: "If we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end, while it is still being said, To-day," etc.; i.e. (as in ver. 13) "so long as it is called Today." Ebrard, Alford, and others, taking the same view of the connection of the words, prefer the translation, "In that it is said." But the other seems more in accordance with the thought pervading the passage. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/3-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>As ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. it has been said: λέγεσθαι (legesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “Today, Σήμερον (Sēmeron) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4594.htm">Strong's 4594: </a> Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now. if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. you hear ἀκούσητε (akousēte) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_191.htm">Strong's 191: </a> To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. voice, φωνῆς (phōnēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5456.htm">Strong's 5456: </a> Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language. {do} not Μὴ (Mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. harden σκληρύνητε (sklērynēte) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4645.htm">Strong's 4645: </a> To harden, make hard, make stubborn. From skleros; to indurate, i.e. render stubborn. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. hearts, καρδίας (kardias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. as [you did] ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. rebellion.” παραπικρασμῷ (parapikrasmō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3894.htm">Strong's 3894: </a> A provocation, irritation, rebellion. 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