Psalms 78:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 11:4 : 4 And the rabble who `are' in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, `Who doth give us flesh?
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;
  • Jas 4:2-3 : 2 ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking; 3 ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend `it'.
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; 3 and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety -- for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'
  • Deut 6:16 : 16 `Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;
  • Ps 95:9 : 9 Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.
  • Ps 106:14-15 : 14 And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert. 15 And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.
  • 1 Cor 10:6 : 6 and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:28-32
    5 verses
    83%

    28And causeth `it' to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

    29And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

    30They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet `is' their food in their mouth,

    31And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

    32With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

  • Ps 106:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.

    15And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul.

  • Ps 78:17
    81%

    17And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

  • Ps 78:19-20
    2 verses
    81%

    19And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

    20Lo, 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?'

  • Ps 78:40-41
    2 verses
    78%

    40How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

    41Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

  • Ps 78:56
    77%

    56And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

  • Heb 3:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

    9in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;

  • Num 11:4
    73%

    4And the rabble who `are' in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, `Who doth give us flesh?

  • Ps 95:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Harden not your heart as `in' Meribah, As `in' the day of Massah in the wilderness,

    9Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.

  • Ps 105:40
    72%

    40They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And `with' bread of heaven satisfieth them.

  • Ps 78:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

    25Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

  • Ps 107:18
    72%

    18All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

  • Deut 6:16
    71%

    16`Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;

  • Neh 9:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

    16`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

  • Ps 107:5
    71%

    5Hungry -- yea -- thirsty, Their soul in them becometh feeble,

  • Num 21:5
    71%

    5and the people speak against God, and against Moses, `Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.'

  • Neh 9:18
    71%

    18`Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, and say, this `is' thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt, and do great despisings,

  • Ps 106:29
    71%

    29And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

  • Exod 16:3
    71%

    3and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety -- for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'

  • Ps 78:34
    71%

    34If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

  • Hos 13:6
    70%

    6According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,

  • Ps 106:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

    25And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

  • Exod 17:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2and the people strive with Moses, and say, `Give us water, and we drink.' And Moses saith to them, `What? -- ye strive with me, what? -- ye try Jehovah?'

    3and the people thirst there for water, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, `Why `is' this? -- thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to put us to death, also our sons and our cattle, with thirst.'

  • Hos 4:8
    70%

    8The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
    70%

    9neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;

  • Ps 78:58
    70%

    58And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

  • Num 11:18
    70%

    18`And unto the people thou dost say, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow, and ye have eaten flesh (for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who doth give us flesh? for we `had' good in Egypt) -- and Jehovah hath given to you flesh, and ye have eaten.

  • Deut 8:16
    70%

    16who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

  • Heb 3:17
    69%

    17but with whom was He grieved forty years? was it not with those who did sin, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

  • Num 11:33-34
    2 verses
    69%

    33The flesh is yet between their teeth -- it is not yet cut off -- and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people -- a very great smiting;

    34and `one' calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.

  • Deut 9:22
    69%

    22`And in Taberah, and in Massah, and in Kibroth-Hattaavah, ye have been making Jehovah wroth:

  • Isa 8:21
    69%

    21-- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

  • Deut 32:16
    69%

    16They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.

  • 1 Cor 10:6
    69%

    6and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

  • Num 11:22
    69%

    22Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? -- are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them -- that one hath found for them?'

  • Num 14:22
    69%

    22for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice --