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Hebrews 3:6

What does Hebrews 3:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Hebrews 3:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Hebrews 3:6 means

Christ presides over God’s house as the Son—a relationship of authority and intimacy surpassing a servant’s. The “house” is not a building but God’s people, and the text says, “whose house are we,” provided we hold fast our courage and our proud hope firm to the end. Perseverance does not earn our place; it proves and displays it. The evidence that we belong to Christ’s household is ongoing confidence in Him. Genuine hope endures pressure. The verse therefore weds high Christology (Son over all) with pastoral realism: only steadfast trust shows true membership.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But Christ, as the Son in his own house: which house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and glory of hope unto the end.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.

Context

This verse concludes the Christ–Moses comparison by highlighting status: servant versus Son. It immediately applies the truth—God’s people are His house, recognized by endurance in hope. The conditional phrasing prepares for the warning section that follows. Having established Christ’s superiority and the nature of His people, the author turns to Psalm 95 (verses 7–11) to warn against the hard-hearted unbelief that kept a previous generation from entering God’s rest. The tone shifts from doctrinal exposition to urgent exhortation, linking belief in Christ with persevering obedience.

v.5And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;

v.6This passage

v.7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 2:6

    Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Hebrews 4:11

    Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

  • Romans 15:13

    Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • 1 Timothy 3:15

    but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

  • Revelation 2:18

    And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass:

  • Romans 11:22

    Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

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