Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they {craved intensely} in the wilderness, and tested God in [the] desert.

New American Standard Bible

But craved intensely in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.

King James Version

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Holman Bible

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

International Standard Version

They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland.

A Conservative Version

but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and challenged God in the desert.

American Standard Version

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.

Amplified


But lusted intensely in the wilderness
And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.

Bible in Basic English

They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

Darby Translation

And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will desire a desire in the desert, and they will tempt God in the waste.

King James 2000

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.

Modern King James verseion

but they lusted greedily in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A lust came upon them in the wilderness, so that they tempted God in the desert.

NET Bible

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.

New Heart English Bible

but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

The Emphasized Bible

But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste.

Webster

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

World English Bible

but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But lusted
אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 20

in the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

and tempted
נסה 
Nacah 
Usage: 36

God
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

References

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Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History

13 They quickly forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. 14 And they {craved intensely} in the wilderness, and tested God in [the] desert. 15 So he gave to them their request, but he sent leanness into their souls.


Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:9

nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested [him], and were destroyed by snakes,

Exodus 17:2

And the people quarreled with Moses, and they said, "Give us water so that we can drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"

Numbers 11:4

The riff-raff that [were] in their midst {had a strong desire}; and the {Israelites} turned back and also wept, and they said, "Who will feed us meat?

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these [things] happened [as] examples for us, so that we should not be desirers of evil [things], just as those also desired [them],

Numbers 11:33-34

While the meat [was] still between their teeth, before it was consumed, Yahweh was angry with the people, and Yahweh struck a very great plague among the people.

Numbers 14:22

But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice,

Deuteronomy 9:22

"And [also] at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to anger.

Psalm 78:18-20

And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.

Psalm 78:30

They had not yet turned aside from their craving, [while] their food [was] still in their mouth,

Psalm 78:40-41

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and vexed him in [the] wasteland!

Psalm 95:8-9

"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Hebrews 3:8-10

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

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