Psalms 78:20

American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

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  • Num 20:11 : 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
  • Gen 18:12-14 : 12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? 14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Exod 17:6-7 : 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
  • Num 11:18 : 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:15-19
    5 verses
    84%

    15He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

    16He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

    17Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

    18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

    19Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

  • Ps 105:40-41
    2 verses
    81%

    40They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

    41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.

  • Isa 48:21
    80%

    21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • Num 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?

    11And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

  • Exod 17:2-7
    6 verses
    79%

    2Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?

    3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

    4And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

    5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.

    6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

  • Ps 114:8
    79%

    8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.

  • Num 20:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

    8Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.

  • Neh 9:15
    76%

    15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

  • Num 11:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

    22Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

  • Deut 8:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

    16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

  • Ps 78:27-29
    3 verses
    74%

    27He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

    28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

    29So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

  • Ps 78:21
    74%

    21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

  • Num 11:13
    73%

    13Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

  • Ps 78:44
    73%

    44And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

  • Ps 78:40
    72%

    40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

  • Exod 15:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

    25An he cried unto Jehovah; And Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them;

  • Neh 9:20
    71%

    20Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

  • Num 21:5
    71%

    5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

  • Num 21:16
    71%

    16And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

  • Ps 78:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

    24And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

    25Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

  • Deut 32:13
    70%

    13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Ps 107:35
    70%

    35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.

  • Num 11:18
    70%

    18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

  • Ps 78:13
    70%

    13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

  • Num 11:33
    70%

    33While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.

  • Num 11:4
    70%

    4And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

  • Ps 147:18
    69%

    18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

  • Ps 105:29
    69%

    29He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.

  • Job 28:9
    69%

    9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.