Hebrews 3:4
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
KJV
πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος, ὁ δὲ πάντα κατασκευάσας θεός.
Greek NT
Omnis namque domus fabricatur ab aliquo : qui autem omnia creavit, Deus est.
Vulgate
For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.
ASV
For every house is built by some man: but he that created all things is God.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
κατασκευάζω
kataskeuazo
verb · 11×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: + τὰ
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τὰ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§117The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Bapt…
1. Paul wishing to show the great kindness of God towards man, and the Love which He had for the human race, after saying: Forasmuch then as the children were partakers of blood and flesh, He also Himself likewise took part of the same Hebrews 2:14— follows up the subject in this passage. For do not regard lightly what is spoken, nor think this merely a slight [matter], His tak…
Cross-references
- Acts 17:24 — God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
- Heb 3:3 — For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
- Heb 11:10 — For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.