Deuteronomy 6:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ “Do not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ You shall not tempt and try the Lord your God as you tempted and tried Him in Massah. [Exod. 17:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Don’t test the LORD your God the way you frustrated him at Massah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the place of temptation.

Deuteronomy 6:16 Cross References

Exodus 17:7

He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Luke 4:12

Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

1 Corinthians 10:9

We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.

Exodus 17:2

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Numbers 20:13

These are the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord and through which he showed himself to be holy.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim and your Urim to your loyal one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah,

Psalm 78:18

They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.