Psalms 78:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Num 11:33-34 : 33 While 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. 34 And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
Num 22:20-22 : 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
Prov 1:32 : 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Luke 16:19-23 : 19 Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: 20 and {G2258} a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 and desiring to be fed with the [crumbs] that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 78:28-29
2 verses
84%
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 78:17-19
3 verses
83%
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?
Num 11:33-34
2 verses
78%
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.
34And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
Ps 106:13-15
3 verses
77%
13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
15And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
Ps 78:31-32
2 verses
77%
31When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
1 Cor 10:5-6
2 verses
74%
5Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Ps 107:18
74%
18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
Ps 78:36-37
2 verses
74%
36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Ps 78:56
73%
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
Job 31:31
73%
31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
Ps 106:29
73%
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
Hos 13:6
73%
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
Ps 78:39-40
2 verses
72%
39And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
Num 11:4
72%
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 107:5
72%
5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
Prov 23:3
72%
3Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
Ps 106:24-25
2 verses
72%
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
25But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
Ps 73:7
71%
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
Hos 4:8
71%
8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Prov 1:31
71%
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
Rom 1:24
71%
24Wherefore God {G2532} gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
Ps 78:25
71%
25Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.
Ps 78:10
70%
10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
Ps 59:12
70%
12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Josh 9:14
70%
14And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.
Ps 17:10
70%
10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
Neh 9:16
70%
16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Ps 78:8
70%
8And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Ps 124:3
70%
3Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
Job 30:3
70%
3They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
Neh 9:20
70%
20Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Heb 3:17
70%
17And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Ps 69:22
70%
22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
Ps 59:15
70%
15They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
Ps 106:39
70%
39Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings.
Exod 16:3
70%
3and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Neh 9:35
70%
35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Ps 81:12
70%
12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.