Psalms 78:20

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?

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  • Num 20:11 : 11 Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod, and water came out abundantly; and the congregation and their livestock drank.
  • Gen 18:12-14 : 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old? 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Exod 17:6-7 : 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
  • Num 11:18 : 18 And say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us meat to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt; therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall the flocks and the 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 the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD's hand shortened? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass to you or not.
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Ps 78:15-19
    5 verses
    84%

    15He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as from the great depths.

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

    17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the Most High in the wilderness.

    18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their desire.

    19Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

  • Ps 105:40-41
    2 verses
    81%

    40The people asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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

  • Isa 48:21
    80%

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

  • Num 20:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; must we bring water for you out of this rock?"

    11Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod, and water came out abundantly; and the congregation and their livestock drank.

  • Exod 17:2-7
    6 verses
    79%

    2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?

    3And the people were thirsty there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

    4And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

    5And the LORD said to Moses, Go ahead of the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and go.

    6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

    7And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

  • Ps 114:8
    79%

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

  • Num 20:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    8"Take the rod, and gather the assembly together, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their livestock."

  • Neh 9:15
    76%

    15You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they would go in to possess the land which You had 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 You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.

    22Shall the flocks and the 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 you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you water out of the rock of flint;

    16Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good at your latter end;

  • Ps 78:27-29
    3 verses
    74%

    27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

    28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, all around their habitations.

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

  • Ps 78:21
    74%

    21Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

  • Num 11:13
    73%

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

  • Ps 78:44
    73%

    44And had turned their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they could not drink.

  • Ps 78:40
    72%

    40How often did they provoke 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?

    25And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them,

  • Neh 9:20
    71%

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

  • Num 21:5
    71%

    5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

  • Num 21:16
    71%

    16And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

  • Ps 78:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

    24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the grain of heaven.

    25Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

  • Deut 32:13
    70%

    13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Ps 107:35
    70%

    35He turns the wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs.

  • Num 11:18
    70%

    18And say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us meat to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt; therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.

  • Ps 78:13
    70%

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

  • Num 11:33
    70%

    33And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

  • Num 11:4
    70%

    4And the mixed multitude that was among them fell to lusting, and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us meat to eat?

  • Ps 147:18
    69%

    18He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

  • Ps 105:29
    69%

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

  • Job 28:9
    69%

    9He puts forth his hand on the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.