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Hebrews 4:8

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

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εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.αὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.κατέπαυσενkatepausenrestκαταπαύω (katapauō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “rest”, a single actionG2664(a) trans: I cause to rest, bring to rest; I cause to refrain, (b) intrans: I rest.This verse uses “rest”.restοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.περὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofἄλληςallēsanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “another”, the of-formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.anotherἐλάλειelaleito speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing action in the pastG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.μετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.ταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.day

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

Darby Translation

For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.

Douay-Rheims

For if Jesus had given them rest, he would never have afterwards spoken of another day.

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