1 W e may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

2 f or we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

3 f or we do enter into the rest -- we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest --;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 f or He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

5 a nd in this again, `If they shall enter into My rest --;'

and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”

6 s ince then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief --

Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,

7 a gain He doth limit a certain day, `To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'

again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”

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

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

9 t here doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

10 f or he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. The Word Discovers Our Condition

11 M ay we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

12 f or the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

13 a nd there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Our Compassionate High Priest

14 H aving, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

15 f or we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

16 w e may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.