Psalm 78:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And they tempted God in their heart By asking meat for their lust.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And they tempted God in their hearts by asking for food according to their [selfish] desire and appetite.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They tested God in their hearts, demanded food for their stomachs.

Psalm 78:18 Cross References

Psalm 95:9

when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Exodus 17:2

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

Exodus 17:7

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Mer´ibah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

Numbers 11:4

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

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Deuteronomy 6:16

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.