Hebrews 3:17

But, with whom, was be sore vexed forty years? Was it not with them who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the desert?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

In Context

16For, who, though they heard, caused embitterment? Nay, indeed! did not all who come forth out of Egypt through Moses?

18But, unto whom, sware he, that they should not enter into his rest,—save unto them who were obstinate?

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Cross References

Numbers 14:22Verily, none of the men who have been beholding my glory and my signs, which I have done in Egypt and in the desert,—and have put me to the proof these ten times, and have not hearkened unto my voice,

Numbers 14:32But, your own dead bodies, shall fall in this desert;

Deuteronomy 2:15Yea, even the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them out of the midst of the camp,—until they were consumed.

1 Corinthians 10:1For I wish not ye should be ignorant, brethren, that, all our fathers, were, under the cloud, and, all, passed through the sea,—

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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