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They refuse to do what I tell them.’ <a href="/esv/psalms/95.htm">English Standard Version</a> For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways.” <a href="/bsb/psalms/95.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” <a href="/kjv/psalms/95.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/psalms/95.htm">New King James Version</a> For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’ <a href="/nasb_/psalms/95.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. <a href="/nasb/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. <a href="/nasb77/psalms/95.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. <a href="/lsb/psalms/95.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who wander in their heart, And they do not know My ways. <a href="/amp/psalms/95.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “For forty years I was grieved and disgusted with that generation, And I said, ‘They are a people who err in their heart, And they do not acknowledge or regard My ways.’ <a href="/csb/psalms/95.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For forty years I was disgusted with that generation; I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know my ways.” <a href="/hcsb/psalms/95.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation; I said, &#8220They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know My ways.&#8221 <a href="/asv/psalms/95.htm">American Standard Version</a> Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways: <a href="/cev/psalms/95.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then God got tired of them and said, "You never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do." <a href="/erv/psalms/95.htm">English Revised Version</a> Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: <a href="/gwt/psalms/95.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> For 40 years I was disgusted with those people. So I said, 'They are a people whose hearts continue to stray. They have not learned my ways.' <a href="/gnt/psalms/95.htm">Good News Translation</a> For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, 'How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.' <a href="/isv/psalms/95.htm">International Standard Version</a> For forty years I loathed that generation, so I said, "They are a people whose hearts continuously err, and they have not understood my ways." <a href="/msb/psalms/95.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, ?They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.? <a href="/net/psalms/95.htm">NET Bible</a> For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.' <a href="/nheb/psalms/95.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For forty years I loathed that generation, and said, "It is a people who go astray in their heart, and they do not know my ways." <a href="/wbt/psalms/95.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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: <a href="/web/psalms/95.htm">World English Bible</a> Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “They are a people who err in their heart. They have not known my ways.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/psalms/95.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Forty years I am weary of the generation, "" And I say, “A people erring in heart—they! And they have not known My ways”: <a href="/ylt/psalms/95.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, 'A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:' <a href="/slt/psalms/95.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Forty years I shall loathe to the generation, and saying, A people they wandering in heart, and they knew not my ways:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/psalms/95.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart. <a href="/cpdv/psalms/95.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 94:10>For forty years, I was offended by that generation, and I said: These have always strayed in heart. <a href="/nabre/psalms/95.htm">New American Bible</a> Forty years I loathed that generation; I said: “This people’s heart goes astray; they do not know my ways.” <a href="/nrsvce/psalms/95.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/psalms/95.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways, <a href="/hpbt/psalms/95.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Forty years I was wearied with that generation and I said, "It is a people that forgets their heart and they have not known my ways."<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/psalms/95.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For forty years was I wearied with that generation, And said: It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known My ways; <a href="/sep/psalms/95.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways. <a href="/parallel/psalms/95-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=11991" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/psalms/95.htm">The Rock of Our Salvation</a> …9where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. 10<a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">For forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years</a> <a href="/hebrew/6962.htm" title="6962: ’ā·qūṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To cut off, detest. A primitive root; properly, to cut off, i.e. detest.">I was angry</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: bə·ḏō·wr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">with that generation,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wā·’ō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and I said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">“They</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">are a people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lê·ḇāḇ (N-ms) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">whose hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm" title="8582: tō·‘ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To err. A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray; also causative of both.">go astray,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">and they</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">known</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: ḏə·rā·ḵāy (N-cpc:: 1cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">My ways.”</a> 11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a> not 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— / not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it. <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a> And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter. <a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-36</a> When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, / except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.” <a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3-5</a> Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. / For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.” / And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.” <a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? <a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">Exodus 17:7</a> He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” <a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Hebrews 3:15</a> As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.” <a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Numbers 14:29-30</a> Your 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. / Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hebrews 4:7</a> God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” <a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7</a> Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5-11</a> Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. / These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” ... <a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Ezekiel 20:13</a> Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness. <a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39-43</a> But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ / At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/32-5.htm">Deuteronomy 32:5</a> His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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:forty<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33,34</a> And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness… <a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Numbers 32:13</a> And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.<a href="/deuteronomy/1-3.htm">Deuteronomy 1:3</a> And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;grieved<a href="/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6</a> And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.<a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Ephesians 4:30</a> And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.err<a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Isaiah 63:17</a> O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.<a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hebrews 3:10,17</a> Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways… and they<a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7,22-29</a> The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction… <a href="/jeremiah/9-6.htm">Jeremiah 9:6</a> Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.<a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-21</a> And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/89-38.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/psalms/58-3.htm">Err</a> <a href="/psalms/7-1.htm">Erring</a> <a href="/numbers/15-28.htm">Errs</a> <a href="/job/42-16.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/psalms/90-1.htm">Generation</a> <a href="/psalms/78-41.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm">Loathed</a> <a href="/psalms/94-7.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/psalms/89-43.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Weary</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/psalms/119-10.htm">Err</a> <a href="/psalms/119-21.htm">Erring</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-2.htm">Errs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-30.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/psalms/102-12.htm">Generation</a> <a href="/psalms/112-10.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/psalms/97-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/105-3.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/psalms/107-18.htm">Loathed</a> <a href="/psalms/102-17.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/psalms/99-9.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/103-7.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-1.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/psalms/119-28.htm">Weary</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 95</div>1. <a href="/psalms/95-1.htm">An exhortation to praise God</a> 3. <a href="/psalms/95-3.htm">For his greatness</a> 6. <a href="/psalms/95-6.htm">And for his goodness</a> 8. <a href="/psalms/95-8.htm">And not to tempt him</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/95.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/95.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For forty years I was angry with that generation This phrase refers to the period of Israel's wilderness wanderings after their exodus from Egypt. The number forty often symbolizes a period of testing or judgment in the Bible, as seen in the forty days of rain during the flood (<a href="/genesis/7-12.htm">Genesis 7:12</a>) and Jesus' forty days in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). God's anger was due to the Israelites' repeated disobedience and lack of faith, as documented in the books of Exodus and Numbers. This period is a significant part of Israel's history, highlighting their failure to trust God despite witnessing His miracles.and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray The phrase "hearts go astray" indicates a spiritual and moral deviation from God's commandments. In biblical terms, the heart is the center of will and emotion, and its straying signifies a deep-seated rebellion against God. This is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>, which describes the heart as deceitful. The Israelites' idolatry and complaints in the wilderness exemplify this waywardness, as seen in the incident of the golden calf (Exodus 32).and they have not known My ways.” Knowing God's ways implies understanding and following His commandments and character. The Israelites' failure to know God's ways is evident in their lack of faith and obedience, despite His clear instructions and miraculous interventions. This ignorance is not intellectual but relational and experiential, as seen in their refusal to enter the Promised Land (Numbers 14). The phrase also foreshadows the New Testament call to know Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>), emphasizing a personal relationship with God through Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The speaker in this verse, expressing His displeasure with the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The generation that wandered in the wilderness for forty years due to their disobedience and lack of faith. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The place where the Israelites wandered for forty years as a consequence of their rebellion against God. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites during their exodus from Egypt and their time in the wilderness. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which the Israelites were unable to enter due to their disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> The Israelites' forty-year journey in the wilderness serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of disobedience and lack of faith in God. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_knowing_god's_ways.htm">The Importance of Knowing God's Ways</a> Understanding and following God's ways is crucial for a faithful walk with Him. The Israelites' failure to do so led to their downfall. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_our_hearts.htm">Guarding Our Hearts</a> Just as the Israelites' hearts went astray, we must be vigilant in guarding our hearts against unbelief and rebellion. <a href="/topical/l/learning_from_the_past.htm">Learning from the Past</a> The history of the Israelites is recorded for our instruction. We should learn from their mistakes to avoid similar pitfalls in our spiritual journey. <a href="/topical/t/the_patience_and_justice_of_god.htm">The Patience and Justice of God</a> God's patience is evident in His dealings with the Israelites, yet His justice required consequences for their persistent disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_95.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 95</a> <a href="/q/why_40_years_to_reach_promised_land.htm">Why did Israelites' journey to the Promised Land take 40 years?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_95_7-11_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Psalm 95:7-11 portrays God's long-term wrath on an entire generation, how does that reconcile with passages emphasizing God's mercy (e.g., Exodus 34:6)?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_an_11-day_trip_take_40_years.htm">In Deuteronomy 1:2, how can an 11-day journey become a 40-year wander, and is there historical or logical support for such a timeline discrepancy?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_keep_heart_and_actions_pure.htm">What does reverence for God mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/95.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) See Notes, <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm" title="But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?">Hebrews 3:17</a>, New Testament Commentary.I grieved.--Better, I loathed.A people that do err.--Literally, a people of wanderers in heart. They are morally astray through ignorance of God's paths.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/95.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - Forty years long was I grieved with this generation; rather, with that generation - the generation that tempted God in the wilderness (see the Revised Version). And said, It is a people that do err in their heart; literally, a people of wanderers in heart are these; i.e. "not only are they a people whose feet wander (<a href="/psalms/107-4.htm">Psalm 107:4</a>), but their hearts also have wandered and gone astray from my paths." And they have not known my ways. "My ways - the ways of my commandments - are unknown to them, untrodden by them." <a href="/commentaries/psalms/95-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For forty אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> Forty years שָׁנָ֨ה ׀ (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year I was angry אָ֘ק֤וּט (’ā·qūṭ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6962.htm">Strong's 6962: </a> To cut off, detest with that generation, בְּד֗וֹר (bə·ḏō·wr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling and I said, וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “They הֵ֑ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They are a people עַ֤ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock whose hearts לֵבָ֣ב (lê·ḇāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> Inner man, mind, will, heart go astray, תֹּעֵ֣י (tō·‘ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8582.htm">Strong's 8582: </a> To vacillate, reel, stray and they וְ֝הֵ֗ם (wə·hêm) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They have not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no known יָדְע֥וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know My ways.” דְרָכָֽי׃ (ḏə·rā·ḵāy) Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 95:10 Forty long years I was grieved (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/95-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 95:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 95:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/95-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 95:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 95:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>