Hebrews 4:4

4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”^[a]

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Hebrews 4:4 in Other Translations

KJV

4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

ESV

4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

NLT

4 We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.”

MSG

4 Somewhere it's written, "God rested the seventh day, having completed his work,"

CSB

4 for somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this way: And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.

Hebrews 4:4 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 4:4

For he spake in a certain place
( Genesis 2:2 ) that is, Moses, the penman of that book spoke, or God by him:

of the seventh day on this wise;
of the seventh day of the world, or from the creation of the heavens and the earth:

and God did rest the seventh day from all his works:
of creation, but not of providence; for in them he works hitherto; nor does this rest suppose labour with fatigue and weariness, and ease and refreshment from it; only cessation from working in a creative way, and the utmost delight, complacency and satisfaction in what he had done. The Alexandrian copy leaves out the phrase, "the seventh day".

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Hebrews 4:4 In-Context

2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.

3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”

5 And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”

6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,

Cross References 1

1. Genesis 2:2,3; Exodus 20:11

Footnotes 1

[a]. Gen. 2:2