Psalm 78:19 “They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the…”

Psalm 78:19

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

World English Bible

Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

American Standard Version

Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Geneva Bible 1599

They spake against God also, saying, Can God prepare a table in the wildernesse?

Darby Translation

And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

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Cross references

“Yea”

Numbers 21:5 Exodus 16:8–10 Job 34:37 2 Chronicles 32:19 Romans 9:20 Revelation 13:6

Numbers 21:5 · BSB

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

Exodus 16:8–10 · BSB

And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

Job 34:37 · BSB

For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

2 Chronicles 32:19 · BSB

They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

Romans 9:20 · BSB

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Revelation 13:6 · BSB

And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.

“Can God”

Numbers 11:4 Numbers 11:13

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?

Numbers 11:13 · BSB

Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

Also

Exodus 16:3 Psalm 23:5 Numbers 20:3

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!”

Psalm 23:5 · BSB

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Numbers 20:3 · BSB

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

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

In context

18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

20When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

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