Hebrews 3:4 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 3:4

And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For every house is builded by some one; but he that built all things is God.

KJV

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

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Commentary

4 voices

Oecumenius

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews (550)

Since he had called the people and also Moses, he remained in the figure of speech and said, These are the creations and servants. For there is no house unless something has been constructed. But all things have been constructed, including the house by Christ. …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ is the maker of this house of the church in all ages: Moses was a minister in the house, he was instrumental under Christ in governing and edifying the house, but Christ is the maker of all things; for he is God, and no one less than God could build the church, either lay the foundation or carry on the superstructure.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For every house is builded by some man - The literal sense is plain enough: “Every structure plainly implies an, architect, and an end for which it was formed. The architect may be employed by him for whose use the house is intended; but the efficient cause of the erection is that which is here to he regarded.” The word house, here, is still taken in a metaphorical sense as above, it signifies family or Church. Now the general meaning of the words, taken in this sense, is: “Every family has an author, and a head or governor.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πᾶς	pas	Every	G3956 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
οἶκος	oikos	house	G3624 →
κατασκευάζεται	kataskeuazetai	is built	G2680 →
ὑπό	hupo	by	G5259 →
τινος,	tinos	someone,	G5100 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
πάντα	panta	everything	G3956 →
κατασκευάσας	kataskeuasas	having built [is]	G2680 →
θεός.	theos	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
leads to
- John 1:3
  Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
  yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…
- Colossians 1:16–18
  For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 1 Peter 1:20
  He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
Through
Hebrews 3:3
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Zechariah 6:12–13
  And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build…
Through
Esther 2:10
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
leads to
- Esther 2:20
  Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews