Hebrews 3:18

18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?

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Hebrews 3:18 in Other Translations

KJV

18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

ESV

18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

NLT

18 And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him?

MSG

18 And when he swore that they'd never get where they were going, wasn't he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear?

CSB

18 And to whom did He "swear that they would not enter His rest," if not those who disobeyed?

Hebrews 3:18 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 3:18

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his
rest
As in ( Psalms 95:11 ) (See Gill on Hebrews 3:11),

but to them that believed not?
the Lord; notwithstanding the signs and wonders he showed among them, they would not be persuaded by Moses and Aaron, by Joshua and Caleb, to be still and quiet, to cease murmuring, and submit to the will of God, and believe in him; they were disobedient, stubborn, and rebellious, and would go up, when they were bid not to go up; for which reason God swore in his wrath that they should not enter into the good land. Unbelief is a source of sin, and cause of judgment, being greatly provoking to God.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Hebrews 3:18 In-Context

16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?

18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?

19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

Cross References 2

1. Numbers 14:20-23; Deuteronomy 1:34,35
2. Hebrews 4:6