Hebrews 3:9

of{which} the fathers of{you} trial-ize me in to{esteem-ization/evaluation/scrutiny} and behold the works of{me} forty years,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

In Context

8you-should_not_be-hardening the hearts of{you} as in to{the beside-bitterness} according-to the day of{the trial-ization} in to{the desolate},

10through-which I-am-indignant/angry-toward to{the generation, the-there}, and say, 'Ever[i.e. over and over, continually] they-are-being-led-astray to{the heart}; moreover, same do_not_know the ways of{me},'

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Matthew Henry on Hebrews 3:8-19

Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you… Read the whole commentary →

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