Hebrews 4:4
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.
KJV
εἴρηκεν γάρ που περὶ τῆς ἑβδόμης οὕτως, καὶ κατέπαυσεν ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ·
Greek NT
Dixit enim in quodam loco de die septima sic : Et requievit Deus die septima ab omnibus operibus suis.
Vulgate
For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;
ASV
For in a certain place he spoke of the seventh day thus: And God rested the seventh day from all his works.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Gen 2:2 · exact_quote"And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."Genesis: God rested on the seventh day — the Sabbath rest for God's people
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§346In creation God laid a foundation and established laws that remain firm, on which the believer can rely with confidence, for they are the sign and pledge of the unshakeable faithfulness of God's covenant.214 For his part man must remain faithful to this foundation, and respect the laws which the Creator has written into it.
Cross-references
- Deut 5:14 — But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor
- Exod 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
- Exod 31:17 — It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
- Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Gen 2:2 — And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Gen 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- Heb 2:6 — But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?