'How Long' in the Bible

And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, So says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.

And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may serve Jehovah their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?

And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My Laws?

And Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? And how long will it be before they believe Me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?

How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmurs against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel which they murmur against Me.

And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will you fail to go in to possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers has given you?

And Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? Put away your wine from you!

And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have seen a king for Me among his sons.

Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be then before you command the people to return from chasing their brothers?

And Barzillai said to the king, How long do I have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

And Elijah came to all the people and said, How long are you limping over two opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

And the king said to me (the queen also sitting by him), For how long shall your journey be? And when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time.

How long will you speak these things, since the words of your mouth are like a strong wind?

How long will you torment my soul and break me in pieces with words?

O sons of men, how long will you turn My glory into shame? Will you love vanity and seek after a lie? Selah.

My soul also is exceedingly troubled; but You, O Jehovah, how long?

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long will You forget me, O Jehovah? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my heart having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be lifted up over me?

O Jehovah, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my only one from the lions.

How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You will shatter him, all of you; you shall be like a bowing wall and a tottering fence.

We did not see our signs; there is no prophet any more; neither is there among us any who knows how long.

O God, how long shall the enemy speak evil? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?

How long, O Jehovah? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy burn like fire?

O Jehovah, the God of Hosts, how long will You be angry against the prayer of Your people?

How long will you judge unjustly and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah.

How long, Jehovah? Will You hide Yourself forever? Shall Your wrath burn like fire?

Return, O Jehovah! How long? And give pity to Your servants.

How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult?

How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge?

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Then I said, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities are wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land laid waste, a desolation,

O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart from evil so that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?

How long shall I see the banner and hear the sound of the ram's horn?

How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither from the evil of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds have been destroyed, because they said, He shall not see our last end.

I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the wickedness of your fornication, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you not be made clean? How long will it still be?

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? But they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

How long will you turn to and fro, O faithless daughter? For Jehovah has created a new thing in the land; a woman shall enclose a man.

Baldness has come on Gaza. Ashkelon is cut off with the rest of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?

O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; rest and be still.

Then the Angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of Hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which You have cursed these seventy years?

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to Me.

He answered him and said, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me!

And He asked his father, How long ago has it been since this came to him? And he said, From childhood.

And answering, Jesus said, O unbelieving generation, one having been perverted, how long shall I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.

Then the Jews encircled Him and said to Him, How long do you make us doubt? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.