Hebrews 3:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ For every house is built by someone, but God is the Builder of everything.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For [of course] every house is built and furnished by someone, but the Builder of all things and the Furnisher [of the entire equipment of all things] is God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.

Common English Bible

⁴ Every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For every house is built by someone, but God is the One who has created all things.

Hebrews 3:4 Cross References

Hebrews 1:2

[but] during these final days He has spoken to us through His Son [Note: This period refers to the Christian age (See Acts 2:14-36)], whom He appointed to be heir of all things [and] through whom He created the universe. [See John 1:3; Col. 1:16].

Hebrews 3:3

For Jesus has been considered deserving of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself.

Hebrews 3:5

Now Moses was a faithful servant among all of [those belonging to] God’s household [i.e., the Israelites], as [one who gave] testimony about the things which [were to be] spoken [by him],