Hebrews 3:15
New International Version
As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”

New Living Translation
Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.”

English Standard Version
As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

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

Berean Literal Bible
As it is said: "Today if you should hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."

King James Bible
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

New King James Version
while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

New American Standard Bible
while it is said, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”

NASB 1995
while it is said, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”

NASB 1977
while it is said, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”

Legacy Standard Bible
while it is said, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME.”

Amplified Bible
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].”

Christian Standard Bible
As it is said: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As it is said: Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

American Standard Version
while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Contemporary English Version
The Scriptures say, "If you hear his voice today, don't be stubborn like those who rebelled."

English Revised Version
while it is said, Today if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Scripture says, "If you hear God speak today, don't be stubborn. Don't be stubborn like those who rebelled."

Good News Translation
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."

International Standard Version
As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me."

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

NET Bible
As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

New Heart English Bible
while it is said, "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."

Webster's Bible Translation
While it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Weymouth New Testament
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."

World English Bible
while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
as it is said, “Today, if you may hear His voice, you may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation.”

Berean Literal Bible
As it is said: "Today if you should hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."

Young's Literal Translation
in its being said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'

Smith's Literal Translation
In that it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, ye should not harden your hearts, as in the exasperation.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
While it is said, To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in that provocation.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For it has been said: “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts, in the same manner as in the former provocation.”

New American Bible
for it is said: “Oh, that today you would hear his voice: ‘Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.’ ”

New Revised Standard Version
As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
As it is said, Today, if you hear even the echoes of his voice, do not harden your hearts to anger him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Just as it was said, “Today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts to anger him.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
while it is said, Today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the bitter provocation.

Godbey New Testament
In that it is said, This day if you hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation:

Haweis New Testament
while it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.

Mace New Testament
which is imply'd by, "to-day since ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as at Meriba."

Weymouth New Testament
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."

Worrell New Testament
while it is said, "To-day, if ye hear His voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation."

Worsley New Testament
"To-day if ye will hear his voice,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Peril of Unbelief
14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. 15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.” 16For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?…

Cross References
Psalm 95:7-8
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,

Hebrews 4:7
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.”

2 Corinthians 6:2
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!

Hebrews 3:7-8
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,

Matthew 13:15
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.’

Romans 2:5
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.

Isaiah 55:6-7
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.

Ezekiel 33:11
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?’

Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Jeremiah 7:23-24
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.

Zechariah 7:12
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.

Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Romans 11:8
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.”

Deuteronomy 30:19-20
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.”

Isaiah 65:2
All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,


Treasury of Scripture

While it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

To day.

Hebrews 3:7,8
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, …

Hebrews 10:38,29
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him…

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1. Christ is more worthy than Moses;
7. therefore if we believe not in him, we shall be more worthy punishment than hardhearted Israel.














As it has been said
This phrase introduces a quotation, indicating that the author of Hebrews is referencing a previously established truth. The use of "as it has been said" suggests a continuity and consistency in God's message throughout Scripture. It points to the authority of the Old Testament, specifically Psalm 95, which is being quoted here. This connection underscores the unity of the Bible and the importance of heeding God's voice across both Testaments.

Today
The word "Today" emphasizes the immediacy and urgency of the message. In the Greek, "Σήμερον" (Sēmeron) conveys the idea of the present moment. This is a call to action, urging believers to respond to God's voice without delay. Theologically, it highlights the concept of God's timeless invitation to enter His rest, which is always available "today" for those who are willing to listen and obey.

if you hear His voice
This phrase underscores the conditional nature of the invitation. The Greek word for "hear," "ἀκούσητε" (akousēte), implies not just hearing with the ears but listening with the heart and mind, leading to understanding and obedience. "His voice" refers to God's communication, whether through Scripture, the Holy Spirit, or the teachings of Jesus. It is a reminder that God is actively speaking to His people, and they must be attentive and receptive.

do not harden your hearts
The warning against hardening one's heart is a call to remain open and responsive to God's voice. The Greek word "σκληρύνητε" (sklērynēte) means to make stubborn or obstinate. In a biblical context, a hardened heart is resistant to God's will and leads to disobedience and unbelief. This phrase serves as a cautionary reminder of the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness, urging believers to learn from their mistakes and maintain a soft, pliable heart towards God.

as you did in the rebellion
This phrase refers to a specific historical event, the rebellion of the Israelites at Meribah and Massah, as recounted in Exodus 17 and Numbers 20. The Greek word for "rebellion," "παραπικρασμῷ" (parapikrasmō), conveys the idea of provocation or embitterment. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of disobedience and unbelief. The author of Hebrews uses this historical example to warn contemporary believers of the dangers of repeating the same mistakes, emphasizing the importance of faithfulness and trust in God's promises.

(15) If ye will hear.--Rather, as before (Hebrews 3:7), 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 Hebrews 3:14 is parenthetical, so that this verse emphasises the reference to "today" in Hebrews 3:13; 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.

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, Hebrews 4:1; 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 Acts 8:31; Acts 19:35, 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As
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.

it has been said:
λέγεσθαι (legesthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Today,
Σήμερον (Sēmeron)
Adverb
Strong's 4594: Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now.

if
ἐὰν (ean)
Conjunction
Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

you hear
ἀκούσητε (akousēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 191: 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
Strong's 846: 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
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

{do} not
Μὴ (Mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: 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
Strong's 4645: To harden, make hard, make stubborn. From skleros; to indurate, i.e. render stubborn.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

hearts,
καρδίας (kardias)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.

as [you did]
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

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.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: 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
Strong's 3894: A provocation, irritation, rebellion. From parapikraino; irritation.


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