Psalm 78:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

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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 ancestors tested me and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.

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?”

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?”

Numbers 11:4

The camp followers with them had a strong craving, and the Israelites also wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.

1 Corinthians 10:9

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

Deuteronomy 6:16

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