Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 95:10
10For forty years I was disgusted with that generation; I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know my ways.”
Psalms 95:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
- New International Version (NIV)For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways."
- New King James Version (NKJV)For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’
Context of Psalms 95:10
8Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness 9where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. For forty years I was disgusted with that generation; I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know my ways.” 11So I swore in my anger, “They will not enter my rest.”
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:10 word by word
אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים שָׁנָ֨ה׀ אָ֘ק֤וּט בְּד֗וֹר וָאֹמַ֗ר עַ֤ם תֹּעֵ֣י לֵבָ֣ב הֵ֑ם וְ֝הֵ֗ם לֹא־יָדְע֥וּ דְרָכָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- long was I grievedקוּטqûţ · feel a loathingH6962
- generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- a peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- that do errתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
- in their heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
- and they have not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- my waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
Cross-references for Psalms 95:10
- Numbers 14:33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie scattered in the wilderness.
- Numbers 32:13The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.
- Deuteronomy 1:3In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him to say to them.
- Deuteronomy 2:14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
- Hebrews 3:9where your ancestors tested me, tried me, and saw my works
- Genesis 6:6the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deeply grieved.
- Ephesians 4:30And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him for the day of redemption.
- Isaiah 63:17Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways? You harden our hearts so we do not fear you. Return, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
- Hebrews 3:10for forty years. Therefore I was provoked to anger with that generation and said, “They always go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.”
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Jeremiah 9:6You live in a world of deception. In their deception they refuse to know me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
- John 3:19This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
- Romans 1:28And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Forty years long - They did nothing but murmur, disbelieve, and rebel, from the time they began their journey at the Red Sea till they passed over Jordan, a period of forty years. During all this time God was grieved by that generation; yet he seldom showed forth that judgment which they most righteously had deserved. It is a people that do err in their heart - Or, according to the Chaldee, These are a people whose idols are in their hearts. At any rate…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Forty years long - All the time that they were in the wilderness. During this long period their conduct was such as to try my patience and forbearance. Was I grieved - The word used here - קוט qûṭ - means properly to loathe, to nauseate, to be disgusted with. It is translated “loathe” in Ezekiel 6:9; Ezekiel 20:43; Ezekiel 36:31; and grieved in Psalm 119:158; Psalm 139:21. It is here expressive of the strong abhorrence which God had of their conduct…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11If people want to enter into the Lord’s rest, they need to respond immediately (see Hebrews 3:7–4:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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