Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes.
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.
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).
Bible in Basic English
But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his 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 He drove out nations before them and allotted their tribal inheritance, settling the tribes of Israel in their tents. 56 But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes. 57 They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow;
Cross References
Judges 2:11-12
So the Israelis practiced what the LORD considered to be evil by worshiping Canaanite deities.
Deuteronomy 31:16-20
Then the LORD told Moses, "Look! You are about to join your ancestors. Afterwards, this people will rebel and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.
Deuteronomy 32:15-21
Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.
2 Kings 17:7-23
This happened because the Israelis had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt and from the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, because they were fearing other gods,
Nehemiah 9:25-26
They conquered fortified cities and fertile ground, possessing houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, with vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were satiated, and were well nourished, delighting themselves in your great goodness.
Psalm 78:40-41
How they rebelled against him in the desert, grieving him in the wilderness!
Ezekiel 16:15-26
"But you trusted in your beauty. You did what whores do, as a result of your fame. You passed out your sexual favors to anyone who passed by, giving yourself to anyone.