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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.”
- BSB 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.”
- NKJV again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
- NASB He again sets a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
- NLT So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
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Quick answer
Long after the wilderness, God again set a day, 'today,' speaking through David, showing the rest was still future. The continued offer of 'today' proves the rest remained unentered.
Overview
By citing Psalm 95, written through David long after the conquest of Canaan, the author shows that the rest could not have been fully realized in the land. God's renewed 'today' signals an ongoing invitation. This argument demonstrates that the promised rest points beyond earthly Canaan to something greater.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 95:7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Heb 3:7–8Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Heb 3:15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
- 2 Sam 23:1–2Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
- Matt 22:43He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
- Acts 28:25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
- 1 Kgs 6:1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
- Mark 12:36For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Acts 2:31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- Luke 20:42And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
- Acts 13:20–23And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
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