Hebrews 3:17
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Hebrews 3:17 in other translations
| BSB | And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? |
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| WEB | With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? |
| ASV | And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? |
| YLT | but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? |
| DARBY | And with whom was he wroth forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? |
| BBE | And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land? |
| Webster | But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? |
What does Hebrews 3:17 mean?
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Barnes' Notes
Was it not with them that had sinned? That had sinned in various ways --by rebellion, murmuring, in belief. As God was angry with them for their sins, we have the same reason to apprehend that he will be angry with us if we sin; and we should, therefore, be on our guard against that unbelief which would lead us to depart from him, Heb 3:12.
Whose carcases fell, Nu 14:29. That is, they all died, and were left on the sands of the desert. The whole generation was strewed along in the way to Canaan. All of those who had seen the wonders that God had done in the land of Ham---who had been rescued in so remarkable a manner from oppression--were thus cut down, and died in the deserts through which they were passing, Nu 26:64,65. Such an example of the effects of revolt against God, and of unbelief, was well fitted to admonish Christians in the time of the apostle, and is fitted to admonish us now, of the danger of the sin of unbelief. We are not to suppose that all of those who thus died were excluded from heaven. Moses and Aaron were among the number of those who were not permitted to enter the promised land, but of their piety there can be no doubt. Beyond all question, also, there were many others of that generation who were truly pious. But, at different times, they seem all to have partaken of the prevalent feelings of discontent, and were all involved in the sweeping condemnation that they should die in the wilderness.
(b) "carcases" Nu 26:64,65, Jude 1:5
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 3:14-19
The saints' privilege is, they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God, they should maintain unto the end. Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means…
Hebrews 3:17 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Hebrews 3:17
- Numbers 14:29
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
- Numbers 26:64-65
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Numbers 14:22
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
- Numbers 14:32-33
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
- Jude 1:5
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
- Deuteronomy 2:15-16
For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
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; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. …
- Jeremiah 9:22
Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
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Context
- Hebrews 3:16
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
- Hebrews 3:17
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
- Hebrews 3:18
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Hebrews 3:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas ¿con cuáles estuvo enojado cuarenta años? ¿No fué con los que pecaron, cuyos cuerpos cayeron en el desierto? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et contre lesquels fut-il indigné durant 40 ans? N’est-ce pas contre ceux qui ont péché et dont les corps sont tombés dans le désert? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Welchen aber zürnte er vierzig Jahre? Nicht denen, welche gesündigt hatten, deren Leiber in der Wüste fielen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quibus autem infensus est quadraginta annis? nonne illis qui peccaverunt, quorum cadavera prostrata sunt in deserto? |