Hebrews 3:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τίσιν δὲ προσώχθισεν τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη; οὐχὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήσασιν, ὧν τὰ κῶλα ἔπεσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ;

Transliteration

With tisin de prosōchthisen tessarakonta etē? ouchi with the ones hamartēsasin, of whom the kōla epesen in the erēmō?

Grammar Details

• *tisin*: interrogative pronoun, dative, masculine, plural - with whom?
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *prosōchthisen*: aorist indicative, 3rd person singular - he was displeased/angry
• *tessarakonta*: numeral - forty
• *etē*: accusative, neuter, plural - years
• *ouchi*: negative interrogative particle - not?
• *hamartēsasin*: aorist active participle, dative, masculine, plural - with those who sinned
• *kōla*: nominative, neuter, plural - bodies/limbs/corpses
• *epesen*: aorist indicative, 3rd person singular - fell
• *erēmō*: dative, feminine, singular - wilderness/desert

Word Meanings

• *tisin*: with whom?/against whom?/toward whom?
• *prosōchthisen*: was angry/was displeased/was provoked
• *etē*: years/periods of time
• *ouchi*: not?/wasn't it?/was it not?
• *hamartēsasin*: those who sinned/those who did wrong
• *kōla*: bodies/corpses/limbs
• *epesen*: fell/dropped/lay down
• *erēmō*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited place

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But with who was he despleased.xl. yeares? Was he not displeased with them that synned: whose carkases were overthorwen in the desert?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But with whom was he displeased fortye yeares longe? Was he not displeased with them yt synned, whose carcases were ouerthrowne in ye wyldernesse?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But with whome was he displeased fourtie yeeres? Was hee not displeased with them that sinned, whose carkeises fell in the wildernes?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But with whom was he displeased fourtie yeres? Not with them that had sinned, whose carkases fell in the desert?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But with whom was he grieved forty years? [was it] not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn't it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

• World English Bible (2000)

  With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn't it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

Referenced Verses

• Num 14:29 : 29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
• Jude 1:5 : 5 I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
• Num 14:22 : 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
• Num 14:32-33 : 32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your faithlessness, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.
• Num 26:64-65 : 64 But among these there was not a man of those whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
• Deut 2:15-16 : 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they were consumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
• Jer 9:22 : 22 Speak, Thus says the LORD, 'Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester, and no one shall gather them.'
• 1 Cor 10:1-9 : 1 Moreover, brothers, I would not have you ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And all ate the same spiritual food; 4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank from that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, so we should not desire evil things, as they also desired. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Do not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell. 9 Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes. 10 Do not complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened to them as examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.