Hebrews 3:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 3:17 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
- Numbers 14:29Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
- Numbers 14:32As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.
- Numbers 26:64Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 2:15Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
- Jeremiah 9:22Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).