What does Hebrews 4:5 say?

and in this place again, `If they shall enter into My rest--;'

What translation is this?

This passage is displayed in the Young's Literal Translation (YLT) translation on Scripture Lens.

What are related verses?

Related passages to Hebrews 4:5 include Deuteronomy 7:9, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 4:4, Hebrews 4:6, and Hebrews 3, and more.

Hebrews 4:5 (YLT)

Passage

and in this <FI>place<Fi> again, `If they shall enter into My rest--;'

Nearby Context

Hebrews 4:3 for 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,

Hebrews 4:4 for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh <FI>day<Fi> thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

Hebrews 4:5 and in this <FI>place<Fi> again, `If they shall enter into My rest--;'

Hebrews 4:6 since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief--

Hebrews 4:7 again 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,'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "place", "again", "shall", "enter", and "rest--". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "place" and "again", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "for He spake in a certain place..." into verse 6's "since then it remaineth for certain to...", so "place" and "again" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "place" and "again" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.