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Hebrews 3:9

Trials and adversityDoubt

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

8 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.

10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’

11 So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

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BSB
where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
KJV
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
WEB
where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.
ASV
Where your fathers tried [me] by proving [me,] And saw my works forty years.
DARBY
where your fathers tempted [me], by proving [me], and saw my works forty years.
BLB
where forty years your⁺ fathers tested [Me] by trial and saw My works.
ÅB
hvor deres fedre fristet meg ved å sette meg på prøve, enda de så mine gjerninger i førti år;
OTB
hvor deres forfedre prøvde og testet meg, og så mine gjerninger i førti år.
B1930
hvor eders fedre fristet mig ved å sette mig på prøve, enda de så mine gjerninger i firti år;

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:36

    He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:4

    Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

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  • Exodus 19:4

    ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:3

    Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

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  • Amos 2:10

    And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

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  • Acts 13:8

    But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

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