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?
• New International Version (NIV)And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished 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?

Context of Hebrews 3:17

15Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.” 16And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt? And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness? 18And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him? 19So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.

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 3:10So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’
• Numbers 26:64Not one person on this list had been among those listed in the previous registration taken by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground.
• Numbers 14:22not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.
• Deuteronomy 2:15The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.
• Jeremiah 9:22This is what the Lord says: “Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure, like bundles of grain after the harvest. No one will be left to bury them.”
• Jude 1:5So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.

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