Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;
New American Standard Bible
And did not keep His testimonies,
King James Version
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Holman Bible
for they did not keep His decrees.
International Standard Version
But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes.
A Conservative Version
Yet they challenged and rebelled against the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies,
American Standard Version
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
Amplified
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies (laws).
Darby Translation
But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,
Julia Smith Translation
And they will tempt and embitter God the Most High, and they watched not his testimonies.
King James 2000
Yet they tested and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.
Modern King James verseion
Yet they tempted and provoked the Most High God, and kept not His testimonies;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet, for all this they tempted and displeased the most high God, and kept not his covenant:
NET Bible
Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.
New Heart English Bible
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies;
The Emphasized Bible
But they tested and resisted God Most High, And, his testimonies, did not observe;
Webster
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
World English Bible
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn't keep his testimonies;
Youngs Literal Translation
And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
55 Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place. 56 But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws; 57 Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.
Cross References
Judges 2:11-12
And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals;
Deuteronomy 31:16-20
And the Lord said to Moses, Now you are going to rest with your fathers; and this people will be false to me, uniting themselves to the strange gods of the land where they are going; they will be turned away from me and will not keep the agreement I have made with them.
Deuteronomy 32:15-21
But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
2 Kings 17:7-23
And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,
Nehemiah 9:25-26
And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.
Psalm 78:40-41
How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!
Ezekiel 16:15-26
But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be.