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Psalm 95:9–11

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95:9where your ancestors challenged my authority,13

and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

95:10For forty years I was continually disgusted14 with that generation,

and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray;15

they do not obey my commands.’16

95:11So I made a vow in my anger,

‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’ ”17

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Footnotes

  1. 13 Heb “where your fathers tested me.”
  2. 14 The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite or an imperfect. If the latter, it emphasizes the ongoing nature of the condition in the past. The translation reflects this interpretation of the verbal form.
  3. 15 Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”
  4. 16 Heb “and they do not know my ways.” In this context the Lord’s “ways” are his commands, viewed as a pathway from which his people, likened to wayward sheep (see v. 7), wander.
  5. 17 Heb “my resting place.” The promised land of Canaan is here viewed metaphorically as a place of rest for God’s people, who are compared to sheep (see v. 7).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

when your fathers put me to the test

and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

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.”

Therefore I swore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter my rest.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

where your ancestors tested me;

they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

For forty years I was angry with that generation;

I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,

and they have not known my ways.’

So I declared on oath in my anger,

‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

where your ancestors tested me;

they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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.”

So I swore in my anger,

“They will not enter my rest.”

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience,

even though they saw everything I did.

For forty years I was angry with them, and I said,

‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me.

They refuse to do what I tell them.’

So in my anger I took an oath:

‘They will never enter my place of rest.’ ”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

when your ancestors tried me.

They put me to the test,

even though they had seen my work.

For forty years I loathed that generation,

and said, ‘They are a people whose heart wanders.

And my ways they do not know.’

Therefore I swore in my anger,

‘They shall surely not enter into my rest.’ ”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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