¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from ^ythe living God. ¹³But ^zexhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened ^athrough the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we ^bhold the beginning of our ^cconfidence ^bstedfast unto the end; ¹⁵While it is said, ^dTo day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. ¹⁶For ^esome, when they had heard, did ^fprovoke: howbeit ^gnot all that came out of Egypt by Moses. ¹⁷But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, ^hwhose ⁱcarcases fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸And ^kto whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that ^lbelieved not? ¹⁹So we see that ^mthey could not enter in because of ⁿunbelief.

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ySee Ps. 42:2.
zSo ch. 10:24, 25.
aSo Prov. 28:26. Isai. 44:20. Jer. 17:9. Rom. 7:11. Eph. 4:22.
bver. 6 (Gk.).
cGk. as 2 Cor. 9:4. & 11:17. ch. 11:1 (not as ver. 6).
bver. 6 (Gk.).
dSee ver. 7.
f Ps. 78:13 (Gk.). 1 Esdr. 6:15.
hSee 1 Cor. 10:5.
i Num. 14:29 (Gk.).
l Ecclus. 41:2 (Gk.). See ch. 11:31.
mSo ch. 4:6. Comp. Ps. 78:22. & 106:24. Jude 5.
nver. 12. So ch. 4:11.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. As it is said,

“Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. As has just been said:

“Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts

as you did in the rebellion.”

Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception. For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start. As it is said:

Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

For who heard and rebelled? Wasn’t it all who came out of Egypt under Moses? With whom was God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if not to those who disobeyed? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

NLTNew Living Translation

Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ. Remember what it says:

“Today when you hear his voice,

don’t harden your hearts

as Israel did when they rebelled.”

And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt? And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness? And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him? So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, with the result that you fall away from the living God. But encourage one another day by day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you become hardened by the deception of sin. For we have become partners of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of our commitment steadfast until the end, while it is said,

“Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

For who, when they heard it, were disobedient? Surely it was not all who went out from Egypt through Moses? And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did he swear they would not enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? And so we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.