1 Corinthians 10:5

but in the most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness,

Young's Literal Translation

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 the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;

6and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:11And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?

Numbers 14:37even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah;

Deuteronomy 1:34'And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, and is wroth, and sweareth, saying,

Psalms 78:32With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

Psalms 90:7For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

Psalms 106:26And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness,

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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