And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
Psalm 95:10 - New Revised Standard Version For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Forty years long was I grieved and disgusted with that generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, and they do not approve, acknowledge, or regard My ways. American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible For forty years I despised that generation; I said, ‘These people have twisted hearts. They don’t know my ways.’ Catholic Public Domain Version Say among the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned. For he has even corrected the whole world, which will not be shaken. He will judge the peoples with fairness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice. |
And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Why, O Lord, do you make us stray from your ways and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
Thus says the Lord concerning this people: Truly they have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet; therefore the Lord does not accept them, now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
Oppression upon oppression, deceit upon deceit! They refuse to know me, says the Lord.
And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord had disappeared.
He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.
In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites just as the Lord had commanded him to speak to them.
But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?