Hebrews 4:7 “God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

World English Bible

he again defines a certain day, “today”, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”

American Standard Version

he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe he appointed in Dauid a certaine day, by To day, after so long a time, saying, as it is sayd, This day, if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts.

Darby Translation

again he determines a certain day, saying, in David, 'To-day,' after so long a time; (according as it has been said before), To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Young's Literal Translation

again He doth limit a certain day, 'To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'

Bible in Basic English

After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,

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Cross references

“saying”

Matthew 22:43 Acts 28:25 Hebrews 3:7 Hebrews 3:8 2 Samuel 23:1 2 Samuel 23:2

Matthew 22:43 · BSB

Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

Acts 28:25 · BSB

They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

Hebrews 3:7 · BSB

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

Hebrews 3:8 · BSB

do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

2 Samuel 23:1 · BSB

These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

2 Samuel 23:2 · BSB

The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

“To day”

Psalm 95:7 Hebrews 3:15

Psalm 95:7 · BSB

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

Hebrews 3:15 · BSB

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

“after”

1 Kings 6:1 Acts 13:20–23

1 Kings 6:1 · BSB

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the…

Acts 13:20–23 · BSB

All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Since, 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,

8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

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