Hebrews 3:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Hebrews 3:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Hebrews 3:17 is a verse from the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Hebrews 3:17 — KJV
“But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?”
— Hebrews 3:17 (KJV)
Hebrews 3:17 in Context — About the Book of Hebrews
Hebrews argues one majestic thesis: Jesus is better — better than angels, Moses, priests, and every old-covenant shadow. He is our great High Priest who sympathizes with weakness, so we can approach the throne of grace with confidence. Faith's hall of fame in chapter 11 fuels endurance for the race.
Cross-References for Hebrews 3:17
“And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. wander: or, feed”
Shares key themes with Hebrews 3:17: forty, years, carcases
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Hebrews 3:17: whom, forty, years
“Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,”
Shares key themes with Hebrews 3:17: years, carcases, wilderness
“And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.”
Shares key themes with Hebrews 3:17: forty, years, wilderness
“For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.”
Shares key themes with Hebrews 3:17: forty, years, wilderness
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