Hebrews 3:11

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“So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’””

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BSBPD

“So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“so I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--!')”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 3:11 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 14:20“I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
  2. Numbers 14:25Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
  3. Numbers 14:27“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
  4. Numbers 14:35I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
  5. Numbers 32:10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
  6. Deuteronomy 1:34When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
  7. Deuteronomy 2:14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
  8. Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
  9. Hebrews 3:18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
  10. Hebrews 4:3Now 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.
  11. Hebrews 4:5And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
  12. Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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