Psalms 95:9

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

American Standard Version (1901)

When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.

Bible in Basic English

When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

Free Bible Version

when your forefathers provoked me, testing my patience, even though they had seen everything I'd done.

Geneva Bible 1599

Where your fathers tempted me, proued me, though they had seene my worke.

King James (Authorized) Version

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

One Unity Resource Bible

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

Translation for Translators

There your ancestors ◄wanted to see/tried to determine► if they could do many very evil things without my punishing them. Even though they had seen me perform many miracles, they tested whether I would continue to be patient with them.

Unlocked Literal Bible

where your forefathers tested me and tried me, though they had seen my deeds.

Noah Webster Bible

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

World English Bible

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

Young's Literal Translation

Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.

Context

Do Not Harden Your Hearts

⁸do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, ⁹where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. ¹⁰For 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.”

Summary

This verse serves as a warning and reminder of the consequences of disobedience and unbelief towards God. It references the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness, highlighting the importance of faithfulness and obedience in maintaining a close relationship with God. The verse underscores the need to learn from past mistakes and to trust in God wholeheartedly to avoid falling into a state of spiritual hardness. Ultimately, it calls believers to heed God's voice, not harden their hearts, and remain steadfast in faith to experience His blessings and presence.

Commentary

John Gill
Tyndale

John Gill Bible Commentary

When your fathers tempted me,.... Or, "where" (i); that is, in the wilderness, particularly at Meribah and Massah; it was Christ they tempted, as appears from Co1 10:9. proved me: had proof of his power, goodness, and mercy, in providing for them, and in the preservation of them: or "tried" (k) him, his patience, longsuffering, and forbearance, by their repeated provocations of him: and saw my work; his work of judgment upon their enemies the Egyptians, by inflicting plagues upon them, and by the destruction of Pharaoh and his host at the Red sea; and his work of goodness to them, in bringing them out of bondage, leading them through the Red sea safely, raining manna about their tents, and giving them water out of the rock; or particularly his work in consuming them in the wilderness, as he swore he would, and which they saw with their eyes, and was near forty years a doing. The Syriac version joins the "forty years" at the beginning of the next verse to this; the phrase standing in such a situation as to be connected with both, and is true of each; so the apostle uses it both ways, Heb 3:9. (i) "quo", Pagninus, Montanus; "ubi", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, so Ainsworth. (k) "explorarunt me", Tigurine version, Piscator, Gejerus.