Psalms 78:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּ֭מָּה יַמְר֣וּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

how-many yamrûhû in-the-midbār yaʿăṣîbûhû in-yəšîmōn

Grammar Details

*yamrûhû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they rebelled against him/provoked him
*midbār*: masculine singular noun with article - the wilderness/desert
*yaʿăṣîbûhû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they grieved him/pained him
*yəšîmōn*: masculine singular noun - desert/wasteland

Word Meanings

*yamrûhû*: rebelled against him/provoked him/disobeyed him
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*yaʿăṣîbûhû*: grieved him/pained him/hurt him
*yəšîmōn*: desert/wasteland/wilderness

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eph 4:30 : 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
Ps 95:8-9 : 8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with [that] generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
Isa 63:10 : 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] himself fought against them.
Ps 106:14-33 : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, [And] Aaron the saint of Jehovah. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass. 21 They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt, 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [And] terrible things by the Red Sea. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them]. 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word, 25 But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah. 26 Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness, 27 And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; 33 Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Ps 107:11 : 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
Isa 7:13 : 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?
Heb 3:15-17 : 15 while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 16 For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses? 17 And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Num 14:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
Deut 9:21-22 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.
Ps 78:17 : 17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 78:17-20
4 verses
84%
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?
20Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
Ps 78:41-42
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41And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
Heb 3:16-17
2 verses
81%
16For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?
17And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Ps 106:14
80%
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
Ps 78:56
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56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
Heb 3:8-11
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78%
8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
9Where your fathers tried [me] by proving [me], And saw my works forty years.
10Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;
11As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Ps 106:43-44
2 verses
78%
43Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
Ps 78:38-39
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38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
39And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Ps 95:8-10
3 verses
77%
8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
9When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.
10Forty years long was I grieved with [that] generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
Acts 13:18
77%
18And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.
Num 14:11
75%
11And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
Ps 106:32-33
2 verses
75%
32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
33Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Isa 63:10
75%
10But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] himself fought against them.
Ps 78:58
75%
58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Deut 9:22
75%
22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.
Neh 9:18
75%
18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
1 Cor 10:5
74%
5Howbeit with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Deut 32:16
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16They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deut 9:7-8
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7Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.
8Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.
Num 14:22
74%
22because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Ps 106:29
74%
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
Ps 78:34
74%
34When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
Ps 78:30-32
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30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
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.
Ps 78:11
73%
11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.
Ps 106:24-26
3 verses
73%
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
25But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
26Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
Neh 9:26
73%
26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Jer 2:6
73%
6Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Neh 9:16
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16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Exod 16:2
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2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness:
Exod 17:2-3
2 verses
72%
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?
Num 32:13
72%
13And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.