Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.
New American Standard Bible
By asking
King James Version
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Holman Bible
demanding the food they craved.
A Conservative Version
And they challenged God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
American Standard Version
And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
Amplified
And in their hearts they put God to the test
By asking for food according to their [selfish] appetite.
Bible in Basic English
Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.
Darby Translation
And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;
Julia Smith Translation
And they will tempt God in their heart to ask food for their soul.
King James 2000
And they tested God in their heart by asking food for their lust.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.
Modern King James verseion
And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their lust.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust.
NET Bible
They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.
New Heart English Bible
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
The Emphasized Bible
They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:
Webster
And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their desire.
World English Bible
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
Themes
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Water
Gluttony » Instances of » Israel
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
17 But time and again, they sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. 18 To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings. 19 They spoke against God by asking, "Is God able to prepare a feast in the desert?
Cross References
Numbers 11:4
Meanwhile, certain riff-raff among the people had an insatiable appetite for food. As a result, they wept and turned back, and the Israelis cried out, "If only somebody would feed us some meat!
1 Corinthians 10:9
Let's stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.
Exodus 16:2-3
The whole congregation of the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron in the desert.
Deuteronomy 6:16
"Don't test the LORD your God like you did in Massah.
Psalm 95:9
where your ancestors tested me. They tested me, even though they had seen my awesome deeds.
Psalm 106:14-15
They were overwhelmed with craving in the wilderness, so God tested them in the wasteland.
1 Corinthians 10:6
Now their experiences serve as examples for us so that we won't set our hearts on evil as they did.
James 4:2-3
You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them!