Psalms

Psalm 95:9–10

⁹where your fathers tested and tried Me,

though they had seen My work.

¹⁰For forty years I was angry with that generation,

and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray,^c

and they have not known My ways.”

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
where	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
your fathers	אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
tested	נִ֭סּוּנִי	nis·sū·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H5254 test, try
and tried Me	בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי	bə·ḥā·nū·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H974 examine, try
though	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
they had seen	רָא֥וּ	rā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7200 see
My work	פָעֳלִֽי׃	p̄ā·‘o·lî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6467 doing, deed, work

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For forty	אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים	’ar·bā·‘îm	Number - common plural	H705 forty
years	שָׁנָ֨ה׀	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
I was angry	אָ֘ק֤וּט	’ā·qūṭ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6962 feel a loathing
with that generation	בְּד֗וֹר	bə·ḏō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
and I said	וָאֹמַ֗ר	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
They	הֵ֑ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
are a people	עַ֤ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
whose hearts	לֵבָ֣ב	lê·ḇāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
go astray	תֹּעֵ֣י	tō·‘ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H8582 err
and they	וְ֝הֵ֗ם	wə·hêm	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
have not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
known	יָדְע֥וּ	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
My ways	דְרָכָֽי׃	ḏə·rā·ḵāy	Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 95:9 Numbers 14:22 · 1 Corinthians 10:9 · Psalm 78:56 · Psalm 78:17–18 · Psalm 78:40–41

Psalm 95:10 Hebrews 3:17 · Hebrews 3:9–10 · Proverbs 1:22–29 · Isaiah 63:17 · Acts 13:18 · Numbers 32:13 · Jeremiah 9:6 · Proverbs 1:7 · Acts 7:36 · Deuteronomy 2:14–16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.