Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageForty years that generation disgusted Me, and I said, 'They are a people whose hearts keep wandering; they simply do not know My ways.'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GForty years I was filled with loathing at that generation; and I said, 'They are a people whose heart goes astray — they have not known My ways.'
KJV
King James VersionForty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
Footnotes
*Aqut* (I was filled with loathing/disgust) is a visceral emotional verb — far stronger than the common translations 'I was grieved' or even 'I was angry.' It carries the sense of revulsion, of being repeatedly and deeply let down to the point of nausea. Placing 'forty years' first in the Hebrew is emphatic: the duration itself is the indictment. *To'ei levav* (wanderers of heart) uses *ta'ah* — to wander, stray, reel as one drunk — applied not to the feet but to the *lev* (heart, the seat of will, understanding, and decision). FOG renders this 'goes astray'; FOG Message uses 'keep wandering' to emphasise the habitual, restless drift.
