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Selected Verse: Hebrews 3:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Heb 3:15 |
Strong Concordance |
While [1722] it is said [3004], To day [4594] if [1437] ye will hear [191] his [846] voice [5456], harden [4645] not [3361] your [5216] hearts [2588], as [5613] in [1722] the provocation [3894]. |
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King James |
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| While it is said--connected with Heb 3:13, "exhort one another . . . while it is said, To-day": Heb 3:14, "for we are made partakers," &c., being a parenthesis. "It entirely depends on yourselves that the invitation of the ninety-fifth Psalm be not a mere invitation, but also an actual enjoyment." ALFORD translates, "Since (that is, 'for') it is said," &c., regarding Heb 3:15 as a proof that we must "hold . . . confidence . . . unto the end," in order to be "partakers of Christ." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| While it is said, Today ... - That is, persevere as long as life lasts, or as long as it can be said "today;" and by persevering in this manner you will have evidence that you are the friends of the Redeemer. This is a quotation from Psa 95:7. Paul means, undoubtedly, to make use of this language himself as a direct exhortation to the Christians to whom he was writing. He entreats them, therefore, as long as it could be said "today," or as long as life lasted, to take care lest they should harden their hearts as had been done in the temptation in the wilderness. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
While it is said (ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαι)
The formula by which the writer reverts to the previous citation. Connect with if we hold fast. The exhortation of Heb 3:12 answered to Psa 95:1-11; so the condition of fulfillment in Heb 3:14 is declared to rest on the same Scripture. Only on the ground of what is said in that Psalm does the holding fast come to pass. Rend. therefore, "We are fellows of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end, seeing it is said," etc. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| While it is said, To-day - You may see the necessity of perseverance from the saying, "Today, if ye will hear his voice," therefore harden not your hearts - do not neglect so great a salvation; hold fast what ye have obtained, and let no man take your crown. See on Heb 3:7-9 (note) and Heb 3:12 (note). |
15 While [1722] it is said [3004], To day [4594] if [1437] ye will hear [191] his [846] voice [5456], harden [4645] not [3361] your [5216] hearts [2588], as [5613] in [1722] the provocation [3894].
14 For [1063] we are made [1096] partakers [3353] of Christ [5547], if [1437] [4007] we hold [2722] the beginning [746] of our confidence [5287] stedfast [949] unto [3360] the end [5056];
13 But [235] exhort [3870] one another [1438] daily [2596] [1538] [2250], while [891] [3739] it is called [2564] To day [4594]; lest [3363] any [5100] of [1537] you [5216] be hardened [4645] through the deceitfulness [539] of sin [266].
7 For he is our God [0430]; and we are the people [05971] of his pasture [04830], and the sheep [06629] of his hand [03027]. To day [03117] if ye will hear [08085] his voice [06963],
14 For [1063] we are made [1096] partakers [3353] of Christ [5547], if [1437] [4007] we hold [2722] the beginning [746] of our confidence [5287] stedfast [949] unto [3360] the end [5056];
1 O come [03212], let us sing [07442] unto the LORD [03068]: let us make a joyful noise [07321] to the rock [06697] of our salvation [03468].
2 Let us come [06923] before his presence [06440] with thanksgiving [08426], and make a joyful noise [07321] unto him with psalms [02158].
3 For the LORD [03068] is a great [01419] God [0410], and a great [01419] King [04428] above all gods [0430].
4 In his hand [03027] are the deep places [04278] of the earth [0776]: the strength [08443] of the hills [02022] is his also.
5 The sea [03220] is his, and he made [06213] it: and his hands [03027] formed [03335] the dry [03006] land.
6 O come [0935], let us worship [07812] and bow down [03766]: let us kneel [01288] before [06440] the LORD [03068] our maker [06213].
7 For he is our God [0430]; and we are the people [05971] of his pasture [04830], and the sheep [06629] of his hand [03027]. To day [03117] if ye will hear [08085] his voice [06963],
8 Harden [07185] not your heart [03824], as in the provocation [04808], and as in the day [03117] of temptation [04531] in the wilderness [04057]:
9 When your fathers [01] tempted [05254] me, proved [0974] me, and saw [07200] my work [06467].
10 Forty [0705] years [08141] long was I grieved [06962] with this generation [01755], and said [0559], It is a people [05971] that do err [08582] in their heart [03824], and they have not known [03045] my ways [01870]:
11 Unto whom I sware [07650] in my wrath [0639] that they should not enter [0935] into my rest [04496].
12 Take heed [991], brethren [80], lest [3379] there be [2071] in [1722] any [5100] of you [5216] an evil [4190] heart [2588] of unbelief [570], in [1722] departing [868] from [575] the living [2198] God [2316].
12 Take heed [991], brethren [80], lest [3379] there be [2071] in [1722] any [5100] of you [5216] an evil [4190] heart [2588] of unbelief [570], in [1722] departing [868] from [575] the living [2198] God [2316].
7 Wherefore [1352] (as [2531] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] saith [3004], To day [4594] if [1437] ye will hear [191] his [846] voice [5456],
8 Harden [4645] not [3361] your [5216] hearts [2588], as [5613] in [1722] the provocation [3894], in [2596] the day [2250] of temptation [3986] in [1722] the wilderness [2048]:
9 When [3757] your [5216] fathers [3962] tempted [3985] me [3165], proved [1381] me [3165], and [2532] saw [1492] my [3450] works [2041] forty [5062] years [2094].