King James Version
Psalms 95:10 in the King James Version says “Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have ...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 95 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:”
Psalms 95:10 · KJV
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: provocation: Heb. contention
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. that: Heb. if they enter into my rest
KJV Study — Public Domain
“with this generation”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“It is a people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“that do err”
H8582to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and they have not known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“my ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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