Hebrews 4:9 (YLT)

Passage

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

Nearby Context

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,'

Hebrews 4:8 for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;

Hebrews 4:9 there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

Hebrews 4:10 for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

Hebrews 4:11 May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "doth", "remain", "sabbatic", "rest", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "doth" and "remain", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "for if Joshua had given them rest..." into verse 10's "for he who did enter into his...", so "doth" and "remain" 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 "doth" and "remain" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.