Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and vexed him in [the] wasteland!
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Holman Bible
in the wilderness
and grieved Him in the desert.
International Standard Version
How they rebelled against him in the desert, grieving him in the wilderness!
A Conservative Version
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
American Standard Version
How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
Amplified
How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!
Bible in Basic English
How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!
Darby Translation
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Julia Smith Translation
How often they will embitter him in the desert! they will grieve him in the waste.
King James 2000
How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Modern King James verseion
How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O how oft did they grieve him in the wilderness? How many a time did they provoke him in the desert?
NET Bible
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!
New Heart English Bible
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert.
The Emphasized Bible
How often they, Resisted him in the desert, Vexed him, in the waste:
Webster
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
World English Bible
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
Youngs Literal Translation
How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
39 for he remembered that they [were] flesh, a passing wind that does not return. 40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and vexed him in [the] wasteland! 41 So they again tested God and distressed the Holy One of Israel.
Cross References
Ephesians 4:30
and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Psalm 95:8-10
"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Isaiah 63:10
But they {were the ones who} rebelled, and they grieved {his Holy Spirit}, so he {became an enemy to them}; he himself fought against them.
Numbers 14:11
And Yahweh said to Moses, "How long until this people will despise me, and how long until they will not believe in me, [and] in all the signs that I have done in their midst?
Deuteronomy 9:21-22
And your sinful thing that you had made, the molten calf, I took and I burned it with fire, and I crushed it, grinding it thoroughly until it was crushed to dust, and I threw its dust into {the stream that flowed down the mountain}.
Psalm 78:17
But they sinned still further against him by rebelling [against the] Most High in the desert.
Psalm 106:14-33
And they {craved intensely} in the wilderness, and tested God in [the] desert.
Psalm 107:11
because they rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High,
Isaiah 7:13
Then he said, "Hear, house of David! [Is it] too little for you to make men weary, that you should also make my God weary?
Hebrews 3:15-17
{while it is said}, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."