Hebrews 3 · Verse 15

Hebrews 3:15

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews 3:15, King James Version

Hebrews 3:15 in other translations

BSBAs it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
WEBwhile it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
ASVwhile it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
YLTin its being said, ‘To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,'
DARBYin that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;
BBEAs it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.
WebsterWhile it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

What does Hebrews 3:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. While it is said--connected with He 3:13, "exhort one another ... while it is said, To-day": He 3:14, "for we are made partakers," &c., being a parenthesis. "It entirely depends on yourselves that the invitation of the ninety-fifth Psalm be not a mere invitation, but also an actual enjoyment." Alford translates, "Since (that is, 'for') it is said," &c., regarding He 3:15 as a proof that we must "hold ... confidence ... unto the end," in order to be "partakers of Christ."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 15. While it is said, To-day, etc. That is, persevere as long as life lasts, or as long as it can be said "To-day;" and by persevering in this manner you will have evidence that you are the friends of the Redeemer. This is a quotation from Ps 95:7. Paul means, undoubtedly, to make use of this language himself as a direct exhortation to the Christians to whom he was writing. He entreats them, therefore, as long as it could be said "To-day," or as long as life lasted, to take care lest they should harden their hearts, as had been done in the temptation in the wilderness.

(b) "Today" Heb 3:7

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 While it is said, To-day - You may see the necessity of perseverance from the saying, "Today, if ye will hear his voice," therefore harden not your hearts - do not neglect so great a salvation; hold fast what ye have obtained, and let no man take your crown. See on Heb 3:7-9 (note) and Heb 3:12 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 3:14-19

The saints' privilege is, they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God, they should maintain unto the end. Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means…

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Hebrews 3:15 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐνenAsG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
λέγεσθαι·legesthaisaying:G3004
σήμερονsēmeronTodayG4594
ἐὰνeanifG1437
τῆςtēstheG3588
φωνῆςphōnēsvoiceG5456
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
ἀκούσητε,akousēteyou shall hear,G191
μὴmēnotG3361
σκληρύνητεsklērunēteshall hardenG4645
τὰςtastheG3588
καρδίαςkardiasheartsG2588
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
ὡςhōsasG5613
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
παραπικρασμῷ.parapikrasmōrebellion.G3894

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Cross references for Hebrews 3:15

  • Hebrews 3:7-8

    Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

  • Psalms 95:7

    For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

  • Hebrews 10:38

    Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

  • Hebrews 10:29

    Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
To day.
7,8; 10:38,29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Hebrews 3:14

    For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

  • Hebrews 3:15

    While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

  • Hebrews 3:16

    For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

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Hebrews 3:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entre tanto que se dice: Si oyereis hoy su voz, no endurezcáis vuestros corazones, como en la provocación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		selon qu’il est dit: « Aujourd’hui, si vous entendez sa voix, n’endurcissez pas vos cœurs, comme dans l’irritation ».
German
Elberfelder 1871		indem gesagt wird: "Heute, wenn ihr seine Stimme höret, verhärtet eure Herzen nicht, wie in der Erbitterung".
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dum dicitur: Hodie si vocem ejus audieritis, nolite obdurare corda vestra, quemadmodum in illa exacerbatione.