Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they spake against God, and said, "Yea yea, God shall prepare a table in the wilderness, shall he?
New American Standard Bible
They said, “
King James Version
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Holman Bible
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?
International Standard Version
They spoke against God by asking, "Is God able to prepare a feast in the desert?
A Conservative Version
Yea, they spoke against God. They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
American Standard Version
Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Amplified
Then they spoke against God;
They said, “Can God prepare [food for] a table in the wilderness?
Bible in Basic English
They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?
Darby Translation
And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
Julia Smith Translation
And they will speak against God; they said, Will God be able to arrange a table in the desert?
King James 2000
Yea, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they spoke against God. They said, "Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
Modern King James verseion
And they spoke against God; they said, Can God set a table in the wilderness?
NET Bible
They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?
New Heart English Bible
Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
The Emphasized Bible
Yea they spake against Elohim, - They said, Can GOD prepare a table in the desert?
Webster
Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
World English Bible
Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Youngs Literal Translation
And they speak against God -- they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
Themes
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
18 They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust. 19 For they spake against God, and said, "Yea yea, God shall prepare a table in the wilderness, shall he? 20 Lo, he smote the stony rock, that the watery streams gushed out, and the streams flowed withal: but how can he give bread and provide flesh for his people?"
Names
Cross References
Numbers 21:5
And the people spake against God and against Moses, "Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, for to die in the wilderness? For here is neither bread nor water, and our souls loatheth this light bread."
Numbers 11:4
And the rascal people that was among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also went to, and wept, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Exodus 16:3
and 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 ate bread our bellies' full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole multitude for hunger."
Exodus 16:8-10
And moreover spake Moses, "At evening the LORD will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread enough, because the LORD hath heard your murmur which ye murmur against him: for what are we? Your murmuring is not against us, but against the LORD."
Numbers 11:13
Where should I have flesh to give unto all this people? For they weep unto me saying, 'Give us flesh that we may eat.'
Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses and spake, saying, "Would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD.
2 Chronicles 32:19
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem; as against the gods of the nations of the earth, which are the work of the hands of men.
Job 34:37
yea, above his sins he hath blasphemed, which offense he hath done even before us, in that he striveth against God with his words!"
Psalm 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me against mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil, and fillest my cup full.
Romans 9:20
But O man what art thou, which disputest with God? Shall the work say to the workman, "Why hast thou made me on this fashion?"
Revelation 13:6
And he opened his mouth unto blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.