Hebrews 3:17

“But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

But with whom was he grieued fourty yeeres? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wildernesse?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- American Standard Version (1901)

And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?
- Basic English Bible

And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
- Darby Bible

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
- Webster's Bible

And with whom was God so greatly grieved for forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, and whose dead bodies fell in the Desert?
- Weymouth Bible

With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn't it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- World English Bible

But to whiche was he wraththid fourti yeeris? Whether not to hem that synneden, whos careyns weren cast doun in desert?
- Wycliffe Bible

but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Hebrews 3:17


3:16 Were they not all that came out of Egypt - An awful consideration! The whole elect people of God (a very few excepted) provoked God presently after their great deliverance, continued to grieve his Spirit for forty years, and perished in their sin!

3:19 So we see they could not enter in - Though afterward they desired it.


People's Bible Notes for Hebrews 3:17


Heb 3:17 With whom was he grieved forty years? With what sort of persons? The answer is, with them that sinned, all of whose bodies were left in the wilderness.

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