Psalm 78:40 “How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the…”

Psalm 78:40

How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

World English Bible

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

American Standard Version

How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

Geneva Bible 1599

How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernes? and grieue him in the desert?

Darby Translation

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

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Cross references

“How oft”

Psalm 95:8–10 Numbers 14:11 Psalm 78:17 Psalm 106:14–33 Deuteronomy 9:21 Deuteronomy 9:22

Psalm 95:8–10 · BSB

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Numbers 14:11 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Psalm 78:17 · BSB

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

Psalm 106:14–33 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 9:21 · BSB

And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

Deuteronomy 9:22 · BSB

You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.

“grieve”

Ephesians 4:30 Isaiah 63:10 Hebrews 3:15–17 Isaiah 7:13

Ephesians 4:30 · BSB

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Isaiah 63:10 · BSB

But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Hebrews 3:15–17 · BSB

As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

Isaiah 7:13 · BSB

Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

Also

Psalm 107:11

Psalm 107:11 · BSB

because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

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

In context

39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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