Psalms 95:10

95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

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Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways.”

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. that: Heb. if they enter into my rest

What does Psalms 95:10 mean?

Psalms 95:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַרְבָּעִים (ʼarbâʻîym), שָׁנֶה (shâneh), קוּט (qûwṭ).

Hebrew interlinear

Fortyאַרְבָּעִיםʼarbâʻîym/ar-baw-eem'/H705forty

yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)

long

was

grievedקוּטqûwṭ/koot/H6962properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) detest

with

this

generation,דּוֹרdôwr/dore/H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

and

said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

that

errתָּעָהtâʻâh/taw-aw'/H8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

their

heart,לֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);

and

they

have

not

knownיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

ways:דֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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Obduracy Quotations and Allusions Unbelief

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 95:10.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 95:10 say?

Psalms 95:10 (King James Version) reads: "Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:"

Is Psalms 95:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 95:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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