Parallel Verses
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
17
Yet they still continued to sin against him. They rebelled against the Most High in the desert.
18
By asking
Cross References
Numbers 11:4
Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for other kinds of food. Even the Israelites cried again and said: If only we had meat to eat!
1 Corinthians 10:9
Do not test Jehovah like some of them also did and were destroyed by serpents.
Exodus 16:2-3
The entire congregation complained about Moses and Aaron in the desert.
Deuteronomy 6:16
Do not test Jehovah your God like you tested him in Massah.
Psalm 95:9
Your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
Psalm 106:14-15
They had an unreasonable desire for food in the wilderness. In the desert they tested God.
1 Corinthians 10:6
Now these things were examples for us. They teach us not to lust after evil things like they did.
James 4:2-3
You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain! You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.