'How Long' in the Bible

And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long will thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, 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, that they may serve LORD their God. Do thou not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?

And LORD said to Moses, How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?

And LORD said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?

How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation that murmur 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 are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

And Eli said to her, How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

And LORD said to Samuel, How long will thou mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go. I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for me a king among

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Know thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before thou bid the people return from following their brothers?

And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, How long do ye go limping between the two sides? If LORD be God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

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

How long will thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

How long will thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?

How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

My soul also is greatly troubled. And thou, O LORD, how long?

How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

LORD, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may kill, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

We do not see our signs. There is no more any prophet, nor is there among us he who knows how long.

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?

How long, O LORD? will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

O LORD God of hosts, how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.

How long, O LORD? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Return, O LORD. How long? And relent concerning thy servants.

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?

Then I said, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills, in the field. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem! Thou will not be made clean. How long shall it yet be?

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

How long will thou go here and there, O thou backsliding daughter? For LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

Baldness has come upon Gaza. Ashkelon is brought to naught, the remnant of their valley. How long will thou cut thyself?

O thou sword of LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard. Rest, and be still.

Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision [of] the continual [burnt-offering], and the transgression that make desolate, to give both the sanctuary and t

And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

He has cast off thy calf, O Samaria. MY anger is kindled against them. How long will it be ere they attain to innocence?

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!

Then the agent of LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou have had indignation these seventy years?

And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me.

And having answered him, he says, O faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him to me.

And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you and endure you? Bring thy son here.

And they cried out in a great voice, saying, Master, Holy and True, how long do thou not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell on the earth?