Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.
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.
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.
World English Bible
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to 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 But they sinned still further against him by rebelling [against the] Most High in the desert. 18 And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}. 19 And they spoke against God. They said, "Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
Cross References
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 10:9
nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested [him], and were destroyed by snakes,
Exodus 16:2-3
And all the community of the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the desert.
Deuteronomy 6:16
You shall not put Yahweh your God to [the] test, as you tested [him] at Massah.
Psalm 95:9
when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.
Psalm 106:14-15
And they {craved intensely} in the wilderness, and tested God in [the] desert.
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],
James 4:2-3
You desire and do not have; you murder and are filled with envy, and are not able to obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.