Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any one of you be judged to have come short of it.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have
King James Version
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Holman Bible
Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.
International Standard Version
Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it,
A Conservative Version
Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short.
American Standard Version
Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
Amplified
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.
An Understandable Version
So, as long as God's promise of entering into a state of rest with Him [still] remains, we should fear that someone among you will appear [in the end] to have fallen short of [attaining] it. [Note: In this section "entering into rest" refers to Israel entering Canaan (verses 6, 8) and to Christians entering heaven (verses 3, 9). The "Sabbath day rest" is represented as a type of both].
Anderson New Testament
Let us fear, therefore, lest, as a promise of entering into his rest still remains, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Bible in Basic English
Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Let us therefore fear, lest any of us by rejecting the promise of entring into his rest, should be excluded from it.
Darby Translation
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed of it.
Godbey New Testament
Then let us fear, lest at some time, the promise to enter into his rest having been left, some of you may appear to have come short.
Goodspeed New Testament
We ought therefore to fear that when the promise of admission to his Rest is still open, some one of you may be found to have failed to reach it.
John Wesley New Testament
Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entring into his rest, any of us should altogether come short of it.
Julia Smith Translation
Let us therefore fear, lest a solemn promise being left to come into his rest, any of you should seem to have failed.
King James 2000
Let us therefore fear, lest, although a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore let us fear, [while there] remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of [it].
Modern King James verseion
Therefore, a promise being left to enter into His rest, let us fear lest any of you should seem to come short of it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let us fear, therefore, lest any of us forsaking the promise of entering into his rest, should seem to come behind.
Moffatt New Testament
Well then, as the promise of entrance into his Rest is still left to us, let us be afraid of anyone being judged to have missed it.
Montgomery New Testament
Let us be on our guard, then, though there is a promise still standing of being admitted to his rest, lest any one of you should be found to have come short of it.
NET Bible
Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
New Heart English Bible
Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
Noyes New Testament
Let us then fear, since a promise is still left us of entering into his rest, lest any one of you should appear to fail of obtaining it.
Sawyer New Testament
Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short.
The Emphasized Bible
Let us therefore fear, lest at any time, although there is left behind a promise of entering into his rest, - any one from amongst you should be deemed, to have come short;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
LET us fear then lest, though a promise be left of entering into his rest, any one of you should appear to fail of obtaining it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
We must, therefore, be very careful, though there is a promise still standing that we shall enter upon God's Rest, that none of you even appear to have missed it.
Webster
Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore let us be on our guard lest perhaps, while He still leaves us a promise of being admitted to His rest, some one of you should be found to have fallen short of it.
Williams New Testament
So let us fear that when the promise for us to be admitted to His rest is still remaining valid some one of you may be found to have missed it.
World English Bible
Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
Worrell New Testament
Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise still being left of entering into His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
Worsley New Testament
Let us therefore fear least a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of us should seem to fall short of it:
Youngs Literal Translation
We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,
Themes
Gospel » Why the gospel did not profit those in the time of moses
Holy land » A type of the rest that remaineth for saints
The promises of God » Subjects of » Entering into rest
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 4:1
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rest That Remains For The People Of God
1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any one of you be judged to have come short of it. 2 For we also have had the good news preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.
Cross References
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness spring up and cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Romans 3:3-4
What if some did not have faith? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Matthew 7:21-23
"Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:26-27
And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;
Luke 12:45-46
But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Luke 13:25-30
When once the owner of the house has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open for us.' He will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 11:20
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only by faith. So do not be proud, but stand in awe.
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
Therefore I do not run aimlessly. I do not box as a man beating the air.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
Hebrews 2:1-3
Therefore we must pay more careful attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
Hebrews 3:11
As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall never enter my rest.'"
Hebrews 4:3-5
For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall never enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:9
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God;
Hebrews 4:11
Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.
Hebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less shall we escape, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.
Matthew 24:48-3
But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'