Hebrews 3:10

Hebrews 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
• New International Version (NIV)That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, 'They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’

Context of Hebrews 3:10

8do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness. 9There your fathers put Me to the test, though they saw My works for forty years. Therefore I was provoked by this generation, and I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’ 11As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’” 12Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God.

Hebrews 3:10 word by word

τεσσεράκοντα ἔτη· διὸ προσώχθισα τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ καὶ εἶπον· ἀεὶ πλανῶνται τῇ καρδίᾳ· αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὰς ὁδούς μου·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• I was grieved withπροσοχθίζωprosochthizō̄ · be angryG4360
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• generationὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• generationγενεάgenea · generationG1074
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• They doπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
• alwayἀείaei · alwaysG104
• inκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• andδέde · thenG1161
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• haveγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• notοὐou · noG3756
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• waysὁδόςhodos · roadG3598

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:10

• Genesis 6:6So Adonai regretted that He made humankind on the earth, and His heart was deeply pained.
• Judges 10:16Then they removed the foreign gods from among them, and worshipped Adonai. So His soul could not bear the misery of Israel.
• Psalms 78:40How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!
• Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved His Ruach ha-Kodesh. So He turned to become their enemy. He Himself fought against them.
• Mark 3:5After looking around at them with anger, grieved by their hardness of heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
• Ephesians 4:30Do not grieve the Ruach ha-Kodesh of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God.
• Psalms 78:8So they will not be like their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart, whose spirit was not loyal to God.
• Isaiah 28:7But these also reel from wine and stagger from strong drink —the kohen and the prophet reel from strong drink— are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink, they are muddled in vision, they stumble in judgment.
• Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idol and their divining rod informs them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have been a prostitute— out from under their God.
• John 3:19“Now this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and men loved the darkness instead of the light, because their deeds were evil.
• John 8:45“But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
• Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every kind of wicked deception toward those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.
• Psalms 67:2May God be gracious to us and bless us. May He cause His face to shine upon us— Selah
• Psalms 95:10For forty years I loathed that generation. So I said: ‘It is a people whose heart goes astray, who do not know My ways.’

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Wherefore I was grieved - God represents himself as the Father of this great Jewish family, for whose comfort and support he had made every necessary provision, and to whom he had given every proof of tenderness and fatherly affection; and because, they disobeyed him, and walked ill that way in which they could not but be miserable, therefore he represents himself as grieved and exceedingly displeased with them. They do alway err in their hearts - Their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Wherefore I was grieved - On the word “grieved,” see the notes at Ephesians 4:30. The word here means that he was offended with, or that he was indignant at them. They do always err in their heart - Their long trial of forty years had been sufficient to show that it was a characteristic of the people that they were disposed to wander from God. Forty years are enough to show what the character is. They had seen his works; they had been called to obey him…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Days of temptation are often days of provocation. But to provoke God, when he is letting us see that we entirely depend and live upon him, is a provocation indeed. The hardening of the heart is the spring of all other sins. The sins of others, especially of our relations, should be warnings to us. All sin, especially sin committed by God's professing, privileged people, not only provokes God, but it grieves him. God is loth to destroy any in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Even after witnessing the miracles God performed for them, the people of Israel tested God's patience by not trusting him in the wilderness (Numbers 14:11, 22). Their rebellion stemmed from their hearts consistently turning away from God. They did not want to obey God. As a result, God became angry with them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-117-11. Exhortation from Psa 95:7-11, not through unbelief to lose participation in the spiritual house. Seeing that we are the house of God if we hold fast our confidence ... (He 3:6). Jesus is "faithful," be not ye unfaithful (He 3:2, 12). The sentence beginning with "wherefore," interrupted by the parenthesis confirming the argument from Psa 95:7-11, is completed at He 3:12, "Take heed," &c. Holy Ghost saith--by the inspired Psalmist; so that the words…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:10

• Anthropomorphisms
• Grief
• Heart
• Procrastination
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Reprobacy
• Self-Will
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Apostle
• Holy Ghost
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• Congregation
• Err; Error
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Grief; Grieve
• Hebrews, Epistle to the

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