'How Long' in the Bible

Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?

And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste,

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?

How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?

How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.

O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.

And there was a doorway to the outer square, looking to the north; and he took the measure of it to see how wide and how long it was.

Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?

And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the waters of the river, How long will it be to the end of these wonders?

I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.

Then the angel of the Lord, answering, said, O Lord of armies, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and on the towns of Judah against which your wrath has been burning for seventy years?

And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.

And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.

And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.

Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.

And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?