Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” New Living Translation So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” English Standard Version As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’” Berean Standard Bible So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’ ” Berean Literal Bible so I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter into My rest.'" King James Bible So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) New King James Version So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ” New American Standard Bible AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER, ‘THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.’” NASB 1995 AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, ‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.’” NASB 1977 AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, ‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.’” Legacy Standard Bible AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, ‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.’” Amplified Bible SO I SWORE [an oath] IN MY WRATH, ‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST [the promised land].’” Christian Standard Bible So I swore in my anger, “They will not enter my rest.” Holman Christian Standard Bible So I swore in My anger, “They will not enter My rest.” American Standard Version As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. Contemporary English Version God became angry and told the people, 'You will never enter my place of rest!'" English Revised Version As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I angrily took a solemn oath that they would never enter my place of rest." Good News Translation I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest!'" International Standard Version So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest." Majority Standard Bible So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” NET Bible "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" New Heart English Bible as I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'" Webster's Bible Translation So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Weymouth New Testament As I swore in My anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest" -- World English Bible As I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionso I swore in My anger, They will [not] enter into My rest.” Berean Literal Bible so I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter into My rest.'" Young's Literal Translation so I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest -- !') Smith's Literal Translation As I aware in my wrath, If they shall come into my rest.) Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAs I have sworn in my wrath: If they shall enter into my rest. Catholic Public Domain Version So it is as I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest!” New American Bible As I swore in my wrath, “They shall not enter into my rest.” ’ ” New Revised Standard Version As in my anger I swore, ‘They will not enter my rest.’” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo I swore in my anger, They shall not enter into my rest. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter my rest.'” NT Translations Anderson New Testamentso that I swore in my anger, They shall not enter into my rest. Godbey New Testament as I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. Haweis New Testament so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest. Mace New Testament so I swear in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest." Weymouth New Testament As I swore in My anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest" -- Worrell New Testament as I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest.'" Worsley New Testament so I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest." Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Harden Your Hearts…10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’ 11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘ They shall never enter My rest.’” 12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.… Cross References Psalm 95:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.” Numbers 14:22-23 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— / 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. Numbers 14:28-30 So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. / Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. / 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. Deuteronomy 1:34-35 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, Psalm 78:40-41 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! / Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. Psalm 106:24-26 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. / They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD. / So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness, 1 Corinthians 10:5-11 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. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ... Hebrews 4:3 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. Hebrews 4:5 And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.” Hebrews 4:6-7 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, / 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.” Hebrews 4:9-11 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. / Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. Hebrews 3:18-19 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. Hebrews 10:26-31 If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ... Hebrews 12:25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven? Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Treasury of Scripture So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) I sware. Hebrews 3:18,19 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? … Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Numbers 14:20-23,25,27-30,35 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: … They shall not enter. Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Jump to Previous Admitted Anger Angry Declared Enter Oath Rest Sware Swore They WrathJump to Next Admitted Anger Angry Declared Enter Oath Rest Sware Swore They WrathHebrews 3 1. Christ is more worthy than Moses;7. therefore if we believe not in him, we shall be more worthy punishment than hardhearted Israel. So I swore on oath in My anger This phrase reflects the solemnity and seriousness of God's declaration. The Greek word for "swore" (ὤμοσα, "ōmosa") indicates a formal and binding promise, emphasizing the certainty and unchangeable nature of God's pronouncement. The context here is God's response to the Israelites' persistent unbelief and disobedience during their wilderness journey. The phrase "in My anger" reveals God's righteous indignation towards sin and rebellion. It is crucial to understand that God's anger is not capricious but is a just response to the people's rejection of His grace and provision. Historically, this refers to the events recorded in Numbers 14, where the Israelites' lack of faith led to their exclusion from entering the Promised Land. They shall never enter My rest Into my rest.--Into the land where Jehovah shall give rest to His people and shall dwell with them. (See Deuteronomy 12:9; 1Kings 8:56; Psalm 132:14; Isaiah 66:1; 1Chronicles 6:31; 2Chronicles 6:41.) . . . Greek Soὡς (hōs) Adverb Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. I swore on oath ὤμοσα (ōmosa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3660: A prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form omoo is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. Take oath. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. anger, ὀργῇ (orgē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3709: From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. ‘They shall never enter εἰσελεύσονται (eiseleusontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. rest.’” κατάπαυσίν (katapausin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2663: From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode. 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