1 Corinthians 10:5

1 Corinthians 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
• New International Version (NIV)Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Context of 1 Corinthians 10:5

3All of them ate the same spiritual food, 4and all of them drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them, and that rock was Christ. Yet, God was not pleased with most of them, so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert. 6These things have become examples for us so that we won’t desire what is evil, as they did. 7So don’t worship false gods as some of them did, as Scripture says, “The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy.”

1 Corinthians 10:5 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐν τοῖς πλείοσιν αὐτῶν εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεός· κατεστρώθησαν γὰρ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• manyπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• wasεὐδοκέωeudokeō · to delightG2106
• notοὐou · noG3756
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• they were overthrownκαταστρώννυμιkatastrōnnumi · be thrown downG2693
• the wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 10:5

• Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to trust me in spite of all the miraculous signs I have done among them?
• Numbers 26:64Among them there wasn’t a single one of the Israelites Moses and the priest Aaron had counted in the Desert of Sinai.
• Deuteronomy 1:34When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and took this oath:
• Deuteronomy 2:15In fact, it was the Lord himself who got rid of all of them until none were left in the camp.
• Psalms 78:32In spite of all this, they continued to sin, and they no longer believed in his miracles.
• Psalms 90:7Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
• Psalms 95:11That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest!’ ”
• Psalms 106:26Raising his hand, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,
• Hebrews 3:17With whom was God angry for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned and died in the desert.
• Jude 1:5I want to remind you about what you already know: The Lord once saved his people from Egypt. But on another occasion he destroyed those who didn’t believe.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They were overthrown in the wilderness - And yet All these persons were under the cloud - All passed through the sea - All were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea - All ate the same spiritual meat - All drank the same spiritual drink, for they were made partakers of the spiritual Rock, Christ. Nothing can be a more decisive proof than this that people, who have every outward ordinance, and are made partakers of the grace of our Lord Jesus…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5But with many of them … - That is, with their conduct. They rebelled and sinned, and were destroyed. The design of the apostle here is, to remind them that although they enjoyed so many privileges, yet they were destroyed; and thus to admonish the Corinthians that their privileges did not constitute an absolute security from danger, and that they should be cautious against the indulgence of sin. The phrase rendered here “with many” ̓ ͂ ́ en tois…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11The Israelites were God's people and experienced his salvation and provision (see Exodus 13:21–22; 14:21–29). However, they still faced his judgment because they disobeyed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. But--though they had so many tokens of God's presence. many of them--rather, "the majority of them"; "the whole part." All except Joshua and Caleb of the first generation. not--in the Greek emphatically standing in the beginning of the sentence: "Not," as one might have naturally expected, "with the more part of them was," &c. God--whose judgment alone is valid. for--the event showed, they had not pleased God. overthrown--literally, "strewn in heaps."…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 10:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Admonition
• Lust
• Meekness
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• Law in the New Testament
• Paul, the Apostle
• Pauline Theology

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings