1 Corinthians 10:5

Nevertheless, with the most of them, God, was not well-pleased, for they were strewed along in the desert.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

In Context

4And, all, drank, the same spiritual drink,—for they continued to drink of the spiritual rock that followed them, and, the rock, was the Christ:—

6But, in these things, they became, ensamples for us, to the end we should not be covetous of evil things, even as, they, also coveted;

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Cross References

Numbers 14:11Then said Yahweh unto Moses How long! must this people, despise me? And how long can they not believe in me. in view of all the signs which I have done in their midst?

Numbers 14:37they died—the men who gave out an evil rumour of the land,—by the plague, before Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 1:34And Yahweh heard the voice of your words,—and was wroth and sware—saying:

Psalms 78:32For all this, sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;

Psalms 90:7For we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed;

Psalms 106:26So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:2-6

Admonitions and Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. In order… Read the whole commentary →

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