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Psalms 78:18

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their desire.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they tempted *God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And tempted God in their heartes in requiring meate for their lust.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And they tempted God in their heart: by asking meat for their lust.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And they tempted God in their hearts by asking food to satisfy their desires.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And they tempted God in their hearts, in asking meat for [the desire of] their souls.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And they tempted El in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And they tempted 5254
{5254} Prime
נָסַה
nacah
{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to test; by implication to attempt.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
´Ël אֵל 410
{0410} Prime
אֵל
'el
{ale}
Shortened from H0352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity).
in their heart 3824
{3824} Prime
לֵבָב
lebab
{lay-bawb'}
From H3823; the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like H3820.
by asking 7592
{7592} Prime
שָׁאַל
sha'al
{shaw-al'}
A primitive root; to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
meat 400
{0400} Prime
אֹכֶל
'okel
{o'-kel}
From H0398; food.
for their lust. 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 78:17-20.


Psalms 78:18

_ _ in their heart — (Matthew 15:19).

_ _ for their lust — literally, “soul,” or, “desire.”

_ _ provoking — and — tempted — illustrated by their absurd doubts,

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 78:9-39.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:18

Tempted — Desired a proof of God's power. Lust — Not for their necessary subsistence, but out of an inordinate and luxurious appetite.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 78:18

And they tempted God in their heart by (l) asking meat for their lust.

(l) Then to require more than is necessary, and to separate God's power from his will, is to tempt God.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
by asking meat:

Psalms 106:14-15 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. ... And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
Exodus 16:2-3 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: ... And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Numbers 11:4 And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
James 4:2-3 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. ... Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 16:2. Nu 11:4. Ps 106:14. 1Co 10:6. Jm 4:2.

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