Bible Strands
Hebrews 3:10
Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker is God, addressing the wilderness generation through the author of Hebrews to warn a Christian audience facing spiritual drift.
The words — διὸ (dio) translates as "therefore," directly connecting the declaration to the preceding forty years of observed works, while προσώχθισα (prosōchthisa) literally means "I was angry," marking the shift from patient observation to divine judgment.
The thread — The text quotes Psalms 95:10 verbatim, and the author applies it to the current readers to demonstrate that the same pattern of hardened hearts recurs across generations.
Why it lands — The verse states that persistent unbelief results in a failure to know God’s ways, requiring the reader to actively test their own spiritual trajectory against divine instruction.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Cross-references
- Psalms 95:10 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.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- Psalms 67:2 that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- Psalms 78:8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
- Hosea 4:12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
- Judges 10:16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- Psalms 147:20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!