Hebrews 2:1

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Hebrews 3:7

Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith

3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, ¹ 

“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ² 

Hebrews 3:16

3:16 For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? ³ 

Hebrews 12:19

12:19 and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words ⁴  such that those who heard begged to hear no more. ⁵ 

Hebrews 2:3

2:3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

Hebrews 3:15

3:15 As it says, ⁶  “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁷  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” ⁸ 

Hebrews 4:2

4:2 For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in ⁹  with those who heard it in faith. ¹⁰ 

Hebrews 4:7

4:7 So God ¹¹  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ¹²  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ¹³  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ¹⁴  Do not harden your hearts.”

[3:7]  ¹ sn The following quotation is from Ps 95:7b-11.

[3:7]  ² tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:16]  ¹ tn Grk “through Moses.”

[12:19]  ¹ tn Grk “a voice of words.”

[12:19]  ² tn Grk “a voice…from which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them.”

[3:15]  ¹ tn Grk “while it is said.”

[3:15]  ² tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:15]  ³ sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Or “they were not united.”

[4:2]  ² tc A few mss (א and a few versional witnesses) have the nominative singular participle συγκεκερασμένος (sunkekerasmeno", “since it [the message] was not combined with faith by those who heard it”), a reading that refers back to the ὁ λόγος (Jo logo", “the message”). There are a few other variants here (e.g., συγκεκεραμμένοι [sunkekerammenoi] in 104, συγκεκεραμένους [sunkekeramenou"] in 1881 Ï), but the accusative plural participle συγκεκερασμένους (sunkekerasmenou"), found in Ì^13vid,46 A B C D* Ψ 0243 0278 33 81 1739 2464 pc, has by far the best external credentials. This participle agrees with the previous ἐκείνους (ekeinou", “those”), a more difficult construction grammatically than the nominative singular. Thus, both on external and internal grounds, συγκεκερασμένους is preferred.

[4:7]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:7]  ² sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).

[4:7]  ³ tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

[4:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”