Psalms 78:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

True, He struck the rock, and water gushed out, and streams overflowed. But can He also give us bread or provide meat for His people?

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Behold, he struck the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Behold, he smote{H5221} the rock,{H6697} so that waters{H4325} gushed out,{H2100} And streams{H5158} overflowed;{H7857} Can{H3201} he give{H5414} bread{H3899} also? Will{H3201} he provide{H3559} flesh{H7607} for his people?{H5971}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Behold, he smote{H5221}{H8689)} the rock{H6697}, that the waters{H4325} gushed out{H2100}{H8799)}, and the streams{H5158} overflowed{H7857}{H8799)}; can{H3201}{H8799)} he give{H5414}{H8800)} bread{H3899} also? can{H3201}{H8799)} he provide{H3559}{H8686)} flesh{H7607} for his people{H5971}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For they spake agaynst God and sayde: Yee yee, God shal prepare a table in the wyldernesse, shall he?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Behold, he smote the rocke, that the water gushed out, and the streames ouerflowed: can hee giue bread also? or prepare flesh for his people?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Beholde, he hath smytten the stonie rocke, and waters haue gushed out, and streames haue flowed out aboundantly: but can he likewise geue bread, can he prouide fleshe for his people?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread `is' He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?”

Referenced Verses

  • Num 20:11 : 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water came out abundantly, and the community and their livestock drank.
  • Gen 18:12-14 : 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?' 13 Then the LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, saying, “Can I really bear a child when I am old?”' 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.
  • Exod 17:6-7 : 6 The LORD continued, "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"
  • Num 11:18 : 18 Tell the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, ‘If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!’ Now the LORD will give you meat to eat, and you will eat it.
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 But Moses said, 'Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and You say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month’? 22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Or if all the fish in the sea were gathered for them, would that be enough?' 23 The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 Again and again they tested God and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:15-19
    5 verses
    84%

    15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the depths.

    16 He brought streams out of the rock and made water flow down like rivers.

    17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling against the Most High in the dry wasteland.

    18 They tested God in their hearts by demanding the food they craved.

    19 They spoke against God, saying, 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?'

  • Ps 105:40-41
    2 verses
    81%

    40 They asked, and he brought quail; he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

    41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

  • Isa 48:21
    80%

    21 They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow from the rock for them; He split open the rock, and water gushed out.

  • Num 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, "Listen now, you rebels! Must we bring water out of this rock for you?"

    11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water came out abundantly, and the community and their livestock drank.

  • Exod 17:2-7
    6 verses
    79%

    2 So the people quarreled with Moses, saying, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied to them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"

    3 But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

    4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

    5 The LORD answered Moses, "Go ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go."

    6 The LORD continued, "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    7 And he named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"

  • Ps 114:8
    79%

    8 who turned the rock into a pool, the hard stone into a spring of water.

  • Num 20:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    8 "Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to the rock in front of them, and it will yield its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community and their livestock to drink."

  • Neh 9:15
    76%

    15 You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.

  • Num 11:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 But Moses said, 'Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and You say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month’?

    22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Or if all the fish in the sea were gathered for them, would that be enough?'

  • Deut 8:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, filled with venomous snakes, scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought water for you out of a rock of flint.

    16 He fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers had never known, to humble and test you so that He might do good for you in the end.

  • Ps 78:27-29
    3 verses
    74%

    27 He rained meat on them like dust, birds like the sand of the sea.

    28 He made them fall inside their camp, all around their dwellings.

    29 They ate and were filled abundantly, for He gave them what they craved.

  • Ps 78:21
    74%

    21 Therefore, when the Lord heard this, He became furious; a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger rose against Israel.

  • Num 11:13
    73%

    13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

  • Ps 78:44
    73%

    44 He turned their rivers to blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

  • Ps 78:40
    72%

    40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the wasteland!

  • Exod 15:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, 'What are we to drink?'

    25 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them.

  • Neh 9:20
    71%

    20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.

  • Num 21:5
    71%

    5 The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'

  • Num 21:16
    71%

    16 From there they went to Beer. This is the well where the LORD said to Moses, 'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.'

  • Ps 78:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23 Yet He commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven.

    24 He rained down manna for them to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.

    25 Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food to their fill.

  • Deut 32:13
    70%

    13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag.

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15 "If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."

  • Ps 107:35
    70%

    35 He turns the desert into pools of water, and a dry land into flowing springs.

  • Num 11:18
    70%

    18 Tell the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, ‘If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!’ Now the LORD will give you meat to eat, and you will eat it.

  • Ps 78:13
    70%

    13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it; He made the waters stand like a wall.

  • Num 11:33
    70%

    33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague.

  • Num 11:4
    70%

    4 The rabble among them began to crave other food, and the Israelites also started to weep again, saying, 'Who will give us meat to eat?

  • Ps 147:18
    69%

    18 He sends out His word and melts them; He makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.

  • Ps 105:29
    69%

    29 He turned their waters into blood, and he killed their fish.

  • Job 28:9
    69%

    9 Man lays his hand on the hardest rock and overturns mountains from their roots.