Psalm 78:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Exodus 17:2

Therefore the people found fault with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you find fault with me? Why do you put the Lord to the proof?”

Exodus 17:7

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the faultfinding of the children of Israel, and because they put the Lord to the proof by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Numbers 11:4

Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving; and the people of Israel also wept again, and said, “O that we had meat to eat!

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things are warnings for us, not to desire evil as they did.

1 Corinthians 10:9

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

Deuteronomy 6:16

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