Parallel Verses
World English Bible
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
New American Standard Bible
By asking
King James Version
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Holman Bible
demanding the food they craved.
International Standard Version
To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.
A Conservative Version
And they challenged God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
American Standard Version
And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
Amplified
And in their hearts they put God to the test
By asking for food according to their [selfish] appetite.
Bible in Basic English
Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.
Darby Translation
And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
Julia Smith Translation
And they will tempt God in their heart to ask food for their soul.
King James 2000
And they tested God in their heart by asking food for their lust.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.
Modern King James verseion
And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their lust.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust.
NET Bible
They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.
New Heart English Bible
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
The Emphasized Bible
They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:
Webster
And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their desire.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
Themes
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Gluttony » Instances of » Israel
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert. 18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire. 19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Cross References
Numbers 11:4
The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who will give us flesh to eat?
1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
Exodus 16:2-3
The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
Deuteronomy 6:16
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
Psalm 95:9
when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
Psalm 106:14-15
but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
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
You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.