Therefore the people did strive with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why do you strive with me? why do you test the LORD?
Acts 15:10 - King James 2000 Now therefore why test God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now then, why do you try to test God by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, such as neither our forefathers nor we [ourselves] were able to endure? American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Common English Bible Why then are you now challenging God by placing a burden on the shoulders of these disciples that neither we nor our ancestors could bear? Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, why do you tempt God to impose a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore, why tempt you God to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? |
Therefore the people did strive with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why do you strive with me? why do you test the LORD?
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, You shall not test the Lord your God.
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them who have buried your husband are at the door, and shall carry you out.
But now, after you have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn you again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
When your fathers tested me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;