Psalm 95:11
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
Therefore 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.”

King James Bible
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should 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
“Therefore I swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My rest.”

NASB 1995
“Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”

NASB 1977
“Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore I swore in My anger, They shall never enter into My rest.”

Amplified Bible
“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath, ‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”

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
Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.

Contemporary English Version
In his anger, God told them, "You people will never enter my place of rest."

English Revised Version
Wherefore I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest!'"

Good News Translation
I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.'"

International Standard Version
So in my anger I declared an oath: "They are not to enter my place of rest."

Majority Standard Bible
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

NET Bible
So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'"

New Heart English Bible
Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."

Webster's Bible Translation
To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

World English Bible
Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Where I swore in My anger, “If they come into My rest—!”

Young's Literal Translation
Where I sware in Mine anger, 'If they come in unto My rest -- !'

Smith's Literal Translation
For I sware in mine anger if they shall come in to my rest.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And these have not known my ways. So I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.

New American Bible
Therefore I swore in my anger: “They shall never enter my rest.”

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore in my anger I swore, “They shall not enter my rest.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
As I have sworn in my anger, "They will not enter my rest!" Ps
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Wherefore I swore in My wrath, That they should not enter into My rest.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Rock of Our Salvation
10For 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.” 11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

Cross References
Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

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.”

Numbers 14:23
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 14:30
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,

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 4:6
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,

Numbers 32:10-13
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.’ ...

Deuteronomy 12:9
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Joshua 5:6
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.

Ezekiel 20:15
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—

Hebrews 3:7-10
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. ...

Hebrews 4:7-11
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. ...

1 Corinthians 10:5-6
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.


Treasury of Scripture

To whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

I sware

Numbers 14:23,28-30
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: …

Deuteronomy 1:34,35
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, …

Hebrews 3:11,18
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) …

that they should not enter.

Genesis 2:2,3
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…

Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Matthew 11:28,29
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest…

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3. For his greatness
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So I swore in My anger
This phrase reflects a solemn declaration made by God, emphasizing the seriousness of His response to the disobedience and unbelief of the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "swore" (נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי, nishba'ti) conveys a binding oath, underscoring the irrevocable nature of God's decision. The mention of "anger" (אַף, aph) highlights God's righteous indignation, a response to the persistent rebellion of His people. This phrase serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of hardening one's heart against God's voice, as seen in the historical context of the Israelites' wilderness journey.

They shall never enter My rest
The term "rest" (מְנוּחָתִי, menuchati) in Hebrew signifies a place of peace, safety, and divine blessing. Historically, this referred to the Promised Land, a physical manifestation of God's promise to His people. However, in a broader theological context, it symbolizes spiritual rest and eternal salvation. The phrase "shall never enter" (אִם־יְבֹאוּן, im-yevo'un) is a conditional statement, reflecting the consequence of disbelief and disobedience. This serves as a cautionary tale for believers, urging them to remain faithful and obedient to God's word to partake in His promised rest, both in this life and the life to come.

(11) I sware.--Numbers 14:21-27.

Rest.--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 Galatians 3:16.

Verse 11. - Unto whom I sware in my wrath; rather, so that that I sware in my wrath, or "wherefore I sware in my wrath" (for the oath itself, see Numbers 14:21-23; and comp. Deuteronomy 1:34, 35). That they should not enter into my rest. The "rest" originally intended was that of Canaan, when "the Lord gave rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about" (Joshua 23:1). 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 Hebrews 3:7-19; Hebrews 4:1-9).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I swore on oath
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי (niš·ba‘·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

in My anger,
בְאַפִּ֑י (ḇə·’ap·pî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

“They shall never
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

enter
יְ֝בֹא֗וּן (yə·ḇō·’ūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

My rest.”
מְנוּחָתִֽי׃ (mə·nū·ḥā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4496: Repose, peacefully, consolation, an abode


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