Psalm 95:8 “do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah…”

Psalm 95:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Harden not your heart, as in Meribah, and as in the day of Massah in the wildernesse.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Harden not your heart as [in] Meribah, As [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Bible in Basic English

Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

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Cross references

“Harden”

1 Samuel 6:6 Romans 2:5 Hebrews 12:25 Acts 19:9 Hebrews 3:13 Exodus 8:15

1 Samuel 6:6 · BSB

Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Hebrews 12:25 · BSB

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Acts 19:9 · BSB

But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Hebrews 3:13 · BSB

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

Exodus 8:15 · BSB

When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

“in the”

Exodus 17:7 Numbers 20:13 Numbers 14:11 Numbers 14:22 Hebrews 3:15–19 Deuteronomy 6:16

Exodus 17:7 · BSB

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Numbers 20:13 · BSB

These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

Numbers 14:11 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Numbers 14:22 · BSB

not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Hebrews 3:15–19 · BSB

As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

Deuteronomy 6:16 · BSB

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

9where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

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