Psalms 95 · Verse 8

Psalms 95:8

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Psalms 95:8, King James Version

Psalms 95:8 in other translations

BSBdo not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
WEBDon’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
ASVHarden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
YLTHarden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
DARBYHarden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah, in the wilderness;
BBELet not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
WebsterHarden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

What does Psalms 95:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 95:8-11
8-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 95:1-11

Chapter Outline part. An exhortation to praise God. (1-7) A warning not to tempt Him. (7-11) Verses 1-7 Whenever we come into God's presence, we must come with thanksgiving. The Lord is to be praised; we do not want matter, it were well if we did not want a heart. How great is that God, whose the whole earth is, and the fulness thereof; who directs and disposes of all!, The Lord Jesus, whom we are here taught to…

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Psalms 95:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּקְשׁ֣וּtak.Shuyou hardenH7185
לְ֭בַבְכֶםLe.vav.khemheart yourH3824
כִּמְרִיבָ֑הkim.ri.Vahlike MeribahH4809
כְּי֥וֹםke.Yomlike [the] day ofH3117
מַ֝סָּ֗הma.SahMassahH4532
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057

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Cross references for Psalms 95:8

  • Exodus 17:7

    And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

  • Hebrews 3:8-9

    Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

  • Numbers 20:13

    This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

  • Numbers 14:11

    And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

  • 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;

  • Hebrews 3:15-19

    While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? …

  • Deuteronomy 6:16

    Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

  • 1 Samuel 6:6

    Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Hebrews 12:25

    See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

  • 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.

  • Hebrews 3:13

    But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Harden.
Ex 8:15; 1Sa 6:6; Da 5:20; Ac 19:9; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13; 12:25
in the.
Ex 17:2,7; Nu 14:11,22,27; 20:13; De 1:34,35; 6:16
Heb 3:8,9,15-19; Jude 1:5
provocation. Heb. contention.

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Context

  • Psalms 95:7

    For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

  • Psalms 95:8

    Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

  • Psalms 95:9

    When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

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Psalms 95:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No endurezcáis vuestro corazón como en Meriba, como el día de Masa en el desierto;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		N’endurcissez pas votre cœur comme à Meriba, comme au jour de Massa, dans le désert,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Verhärtet euer Herz nicht, wie zu Meriba, wie am Tage von Massa in der Wüste;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		afferte Domino gloriam nomini ejus. Tollite hostias, et introite in atria ejus;