Hebrews 3:17

Hebrews 3:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
• New Living Translation (NLT)And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness?

Context of Hebrews 3:17

15As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.” 16Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? 18And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? 19So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

Hebrews 3:17 word by word

τίσιν δὲ προσώχθισεν τεσσεράκοντα ἔτη; οὐχὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήσασιν ὧν τὰ κῶλα ἔπεσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• with whomτίςtis · which?G5101
• was he grievedπροσοχθίζωprosochthizō̄ · be angryG4360
• fortyτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• with them that had sinnedἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• carcasesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• carcasesκῶλονkōlon · corpseG2966
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:17

• Hebrews 3:10That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’
• Numbers 26:64Not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
• Numbers 14:22not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times—
• Deuteronomy 2:15The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.
• Jeremiah 9:22Say, “This is what the Lord declares: “ ‘Dead bodies will lie like dung on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them.’ ”
• Jude 1:5Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17But with whom was he grieved forty years? - I believe it was Surenhusius who first observed that "the apostle, in using the term forty years, elegantly alludes to the space of time which had elapsed since the ascension of our Lord till the time in which this epistle was written, which was about forty years." But this does not exactly agree with what appears to be the exact date of this epistle. However, God had now been a long time provoked by that race…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17But with whom was he grieved forty years? - With whom was he angry; see the notes at Hebrews 3:10. Was it not with them that had sinned - That had sinned in various ways - by rebellion, murmuring, unbelief. As God was angry with them for their sins, we have the same reason to apprehend that he will be angry with us if we sin; and we should, therefore, be on our guard against that unbelief which would lead us to depart from him; Hebrews 3:12. Whose…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-19Verses 14-19 The saints' privilege is, they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God, they should maintain unto the end. Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means of salvation, yet, if not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-19These verses use a series of quick questions and answers, a common rhetorical method. The three questions follow the ideas in Psalm 95:8–11: The people of Israel rebelled against God, God was angry, and God swore they would never enter his rest. The answers come from other Old Testament passages about the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness (Numbers 14; Deuteronomy 9; Psalm 106). The author emphasizes the severe consequences of disobeying God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. But--Translate, "Moreover," as it is not in contrast to He 3:16, but carrying out the same thought. corpses--literally, "limbs," implying that their bodies fell limb from limb.Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:17

• Anthropomorphisms
• Backsliders
• Grief
• Procrastination
• Reprobacy
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Apostle
• Moses
• Unbelief
• Congregation
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Grief; Grieve
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• Mark
• Papyrus

Commentaries on Hebrews 3

• 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
• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings