Hebrews 3:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Hebrews 3:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hebrews 3:9 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Hebrews 3:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Hebrews 3:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.”

Hebrews 3:9 — World English Bible

Hebrews 3:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Where your fathers triedmeby proving me, And saw my works forty years. ”

Hebrews 3:9 — American Standard Version

Hebrews 3:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;”

Hebrews 3:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Hebrews 3:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“where your fathers tempted [me], by proving [me], and saw my works forty years. ”

Hebrews 3:9 — Darby Translation

Hebrews 3:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Where your fathers tempted me, prooued me, and sawe my workes fourtie yeeres long.”

Hebrews 3:9 — Geneva Bible

Hebrews 3:9 in Context — Hebrews 3

7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

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

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

10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

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What Does Hebrews 3:9 Mean?

Hebrews 3:9 is a verse from the Book of Hebrews, part of the New Testament. It appears in Hebrews chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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