King James Version
Psalms 95:11 in the King James Version says “Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. that: Heb. if they enter into my rest” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 95 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. that: Heb. if they enter into my rest”
Psalms 95:11 · KJV
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
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“Unto whom I sware”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
“in my wrath”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“into my rest”
H4496repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
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