Psalms 95 · Verse 11

Psalms 95:11

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Psalms 95:11, King James Version

Psalms 95:11 in other translations

BSBSo I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
WEBTherefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”
ASVWherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.
YLTWhere I sware in Mine anger, ‘If they come in unto My rest--!'
DARBYSo that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest.
BBEAnd I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
WebsterTo whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

What does Psalms 95:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 95:8-11

8-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 95:1-11

Chapter Outline part. An exhortation to praise God. (1-7) A warning not to tempt Him. (7-11) Verses 1-7 Whenever we come into God's presence, we must come with thanksgiving. The Lord is to be praised; we do not want matter, it were well if we did not want a heart. How great is that God, whose the whole earth is, and the fulness thereof; who directs and disposes of all!, The Lord Jesus, whom we are here taught to…

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Psalms 95:11 in the original Hebrew

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.

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnish.Ba'.tiI swore an oathH7650
בְאַפִּ֑יve.'a.Piin anger myH639
אִם\־'im-ifH518
יְ֝בֹא֗וּןye.vo.'Unthey will go !H935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
מְנוּחָתִֽי\׃me.nu.cha.Tirest myH4496

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Cross references for Psalms 95:11

  • Hebrews 4:3

    For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

  • Numbers 14:23

    Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

  • Hebrews 4:5

    And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

  • Hebrews 3:11

    So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

  • Hebrews 3:18

    And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

  • Jeremiah 6:16

    Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

  • Matthew 11:28-29

    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  • Deuteronomy 1:34-35

    And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

  • Numbers 14:28-30

    Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

  • Revelation 14:13

    And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

  • Deuteronomy 12:9

    For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.

  • Genesis 2:2-3

    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. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I sware.
Nu 14:23,28-30; De 1:34,35; Heb 3:11,18; 4:3,5
that they should not enter. Heb. if they enter. my rest.
Ge 2:2,3; Jer 6:16; Mt 11:28,29; Ho 4:4-11; Re 14:13

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Context

  • Psalms 95:10

    Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

  • Psalms 95:11

    Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

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Psalms 95:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto juré en mi furor que no entrarían en mi reposo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		De sorte que j’ai juré dans ma colère: S’ils entrent dans mon repos!
German
Elberfelder 1871		So daß ich schwur in meinem Zorn: Wenn sie in meine Ruhe eingehen werden!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Lætentur cæli, et exsultet terra; commoveatur mare et plenitudo ejus;