Hebrews 4:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ γὰρ αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς κατέπαυσεν, οὐκ ἂν περὶ ἄλλης ἐλάλει μετὰ ταῦτα ἡμέρας.

Transliteration

For if them Iēsous had katepausen, not would he concerning another elalei after these things hēmeras.

Grammar Details

• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Joshua/Jesus
• *katepausen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he gave rest/caused to cease
• *elalei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was speaking
• *hēmeras*: genitive feminine singular - day

Word Meanings

• *Iēsous*: Joshua (in this context)/Jesus
• *katepausen*: gave rest/caused to cease/brought to rest
• *elalei*: was speaking/was talking/would have spoken about
• *hēmeras*: day/time/period

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} if{G1487} Joshua{G2424} had given{G2664} them{G846} rest,{G2664} {G302} he{G2980} would not{G3756} have spoken{G2980} {G5023} afterward{G3326} of{G4012} another{G243} day.{G2250}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G1063} if{G1487} Jesus{G2424} had given{G2664} them{G846} rest{G2664}{(G5656)}, then would he{G302} not{G3756} afterward{G3326}{G5023} have spoken{G2980}{(G5707)} of{G4012} another{G243} day{G2250}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For if Iosue had geven them rest then wolde he not afterwarde have spoke of another daye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For yf Iosua had geuen them rest, the wolde he not afterwarde haue spoken, of another daye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For if Iesus had giuen them rest, then would he not after this haue spoke of an other day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For yf Iesus had geuen them reste, then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 1:15 : 15 Until the LORD gives your brothers rest, as He has given you, and they also take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving them, then you may return to the land of your possession and settle it—the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.
• Josh 22:4 : 4 And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, just as He promised them. So now turn and go back to your tents in the land of your possession, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you beyond the Jordan.
• Heb 11:13-15 : 13 All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
• Deut 12:9 : 9 For you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you.
• Deut 25:19 : 19 Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
• Josh 23:1 : 1 A long time later, after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies around them, Joshua had grown old and was advanced in years.
• Ps 78:55 : 55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance with a measuring line; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
• Ps 105:44 : 44 He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what others had worked for,
• Acts 7:45 : 45 Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David.