KJV: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
YLT: in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;
Darby: where your fathers tempted me, by proving me, and saw my works forty years.
ASV: Where your fathers tried me by proving me, And saw my works forty years.
| οὗ | where |
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Parse: Adverb Root: οὗ Sense: where. |
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| ἐπείρασαν | tried [Me] |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: πειράζω Sense: to try whether a thing can be done. |
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| πατέρες | fathers |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: προπάτωρ Sense: generator or male ancestor. |
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| ὑμῶν | of you |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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| δοκιμασίᾳ | testing |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: δοκιμή Sense: proving, trial. |
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| εἶδον | saw |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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| ἔργα | works |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ἔργον Sense: business, employment, that which any one is occupied. |
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| μου | of Me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| τεσσεράκοντα | forty |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: τεσσαράκοντα Sense: forty. |
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| ἔτη | years |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ἔτος Sense: year. |
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Greek Commentary for Hebrews 3:9
Literally, “where” (the wilderness) as in Deuteronomy 8:15. Tempted me by proving me No word for “me.” The Israelites “tested” God “in putting to the proof” (only N.T. use of this word from δοκιμαζω dokimazō and this from the lxx). They were not content with God‘s promise, but demanded objective proof (εργα erga deeds) of God. [source]
Rend. where. See οὗ after ἔρημος wilderness Deuteronomy 8:15. [source]
Lit. tried (me ) in proving. The text differs from lxx, which reads ἐπείρασαν, ἐδοκίμασαν temptedproved, as A.V. The phrase here means tempted by putting to the test. Comp. ἐκπειράζειν totempt or try with a view to seeing how far one can go. See on 1 Corinthians 10:9. [source]
Some construe my works with both verbs: tried and saw my works: but it is better to supply me after ἐπείρασαν temptedto take works with saw only, and to give καὶ the force of and yet (see on Luke 18:7). “They tempted and yet saw my works;” although they saw my works. The Hebrew is “tried me, proved me, yea saw my works.” [source]
In lxx this is connected with saw my works. In the Hebrew forty years begins the next clause. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 3:9
See Psalm 45:4, Psalm 45:5; Hebrews 3:8, Hebrews 3:9; Isaiah 41:2; Zechariah 9:13, Zechariah 9:14, in which last passage the figure is that of a great bow which is drawn only by a great exertion of strength, and by placing the foot upon it. Compare Homer's picture of Telemachus' attempt to draw Ulysses' bow:“And then he took his placeUpon the threshold, and essayed the bow; And thrice he made the attempt and thrice gave o'er.”“Odyssey,” xxi., 124-25. The suitors propose to anoint the bow with fat in order to soften it.“Bring us from withinAn ample roll of fat, that we young men By warming and anointing may make soft-DIVIDER- The bow, and draw the cord and end the strife.”“Odyssey,” xxi., 178-80. [source]