Hebrews 4:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁸ For if Joshua had given the Israelites rest, God would not have spoken about another day later on [i.e., “Today” in Psa. 95:7].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ [This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, He [God] would not speak afterward about another day.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

Common English Bible

⁸ If Joshua gave the Israelites rest, God wouldn’t have spoken about another day later on.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For if Jesus had offered them rest, he would never have spoken, afterward, about another day.

Hebrews 4:8 Cross References

Acts 7:45

Our forefathers also brought this Tabernacle with them under Joshua’s leadership when they entered [Canaan] to occupy the land of these Gentile nations. God removed these nations as our forefathers advanced through the land, up until the reign of King David,

Hebrews 1:1

In times past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets in many parts and in various ways,

Hebrews 4:9

[So] then, a Sabbath “rest day” [still] remains for God’s people [i.e., for Christians, in heaven].