English Standard Version
Psalms 95:8
8do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
Psalms 95:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- New International Version (NIV)“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.
Context of Psalms 95:8
6Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! 7For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, 9when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. 10For 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."
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אַל־תַּקְשׁ֣וּ לְ֭בַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה כְּי֥וֹם מַ֝סָּ֗ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 95:8
- Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
- 1 Samuel 6:6Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed?
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.
- Acts 19:9But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
- Hebrews 12:25See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
- Exodus 17:2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?"
- Numbers 14:11And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
- Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.
- Deuteronomy 1:34"And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore,
- Deuteronomy 6:16"You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
- Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
- Jude 1:5Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Harden not your heart - See this verse explained in the notes at Hebrews 3:8. As in the provocation - Margin, “contention.” The original is “Meribah.” See Exodus 17:7, where the original words Meribah, rendered here “provocation,” and “Massah,” rendered here “temptation,” are retained in the translation.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8To harden your hearts means to be stubborn and resist the Lord's grace (see Numbers 20:2–13; see also Matthew 13:3–23; John 12:37–43; Ephesians 4:17–32; Hebrews 3:6–19; 4:6–11).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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Commentaries on Psalms 95
- 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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