KJV ORIGINAL
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So who exactly was God frustrated with for forty whole years? It was the people who messed up and never made it out of the desert — they literally died out there.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God's patience has limits when we keep choosing the wrong path.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The anonymous author wrote to Jewish Christians in the mid-to-late first century CE. The letter encouraged them, while facing persecution and discouragement, not to abandon their faith in Christ and revert to old covenant practices.
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