Psalms 95:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Don't harden your hearts, as you did at M'rivah, as you did on that day at Massah in the desert,

Berean Standard Bible:

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

American Standard Version:

Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Harden{H7185} not your heart{H3824}, as in the provocation{H4808}, and as in the day{H3117} of temptation{H4531} in the wilderness{H4057}:

Cross-References (KJV):

Exodus 17:7

  • And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Hebrews 3:8

  • Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Hebrews 3:9

  • When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

Numbers 20:13

  • This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Numbers 14:11

  • ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

Numbers 14:22

  • Because all those men which 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 hearkened to my voice;

Hebrews 3:15

  • While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

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Commentary for Psalms 95:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7185
    There are 28 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קָשָׁה
    Transliteration: qâshâh
    Pronunciation: kaw-shaw'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications); be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).
  2. Strong's Number: H3824
    There are 230 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לֵבָב
    Transliteration: lêbâb
    Pronunciation: lay-bawb'
    Description: from לָבַב; used also like לֵב; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.
  3. Strong's Number: H4808
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מְרִיבָה
    Transliteration: mᵉrîybâh
    Pronunciation: mer-ee-baw'
    Description: from רִיב; quarrel; provocation, strife.
  4. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  5. Strong's Number: H4531
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַסָּה
    Transliteration: maççâh
    Pronunciation: mas-saw'
    Description: from נָסָה; a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous); temptation, trial.
  6. Strong's Number: H4057
    There are 257 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִדְבָּר
    Transliteration: midbâr
    Pronunciation: mid-bawr'
    Description: from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.