Psalm 78:18 “They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.”

Psalm 78:18

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

American Standard Version

And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

Geneva Bible 1599

And tempted God in their heartes in requiring meate for their lust.

Darby Translation

And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

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Cross references

“by asking meat”

Numbers 11:4 1 Corinthians 10:6 Psalm 106:14 Psalm 106:15 Exodus 16:2 Exodus 16:3

Numbers 11:4 · BSB

Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

1 Corinthians 10:6 · BSB

These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

Psalm 106:14 · BSB

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

Psalm 106:15 · BSB

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Exodus 16:2 · BSB

And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 16:3 · BSB

“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

Also

Deuteronomy 6:16 1 Corinthians 10:9 Psalm 95:9

Deuteronomy 6:16 · BSB

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

1 Corinthians 10:9 · BSB

We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

Psalm 95:9 · BSB

where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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