Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes. New Living Translation But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws. English Standard Version Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies, Berean Standard Bible But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. King James Bible Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: New King James Version Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies, New American Standard Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, NASB 1995 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, NASB 1977 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies, Legacy Standard Bible Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, Amplified Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies (laws). Christian Standard Bible But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep his decrees. Holman Christian Standard Bible But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep His decrees. American Standard Version Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they tempted and bitterly provoked God, The Highest, and they did not keep his testimony. Brenton Septuagint Translation Ye they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies. Contemporary English Version But the people tested God Most High, and they refused to obey his laws. Douay-Rheims Bible Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies. English Revised Version Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies; GOD'S WORD® Translation They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions. Good News Translation But they rebelled against Almighty God and put him to the test. They did not obey his commandments, International Standard Version But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes. JPS Tanakh 1917 Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not His testimonies; Literal Standard Version And they tempt and provoke God Most High, | And have not kept His testimonies. Majority Standard Bible But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. New American Bible But they tested and rebelled against God Most High, his decrees they did not observe. NET Bible Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands. New Revised Standard Version Yet they tested the Most High God, and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees, New Heart English Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies; Webster's Bible Translation Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: World English Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies, Young's Literal Translation And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept. Additional Translations ... Context I Will Open My Mouth in Parables…55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. 56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. 57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.… Cross References Exodus 23:21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him. Judges 2:11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. 1 Samuel 4:11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Psalm 78:18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. Psalm 78:40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! Treasury of Scripture Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: Psalm 78:40,41 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! … Deuteronomy 31:16-20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them… Deuteronomy 32:15-21 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation… Jump to Previous Bitter High Keeping Kept Laws Observe Provoke Provoked Rebelled Statutes Tempt Tempted Test Tested Testimonies Testing TriedJump to Next Bitter High Keeping Kept Laws Observe Provoke Provoked Rebelled Statutes Tempt Tempted Test Tested Testimonies Testing TriedPsalm 78 1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient 67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David. Verse 56. - Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God (comp. above, ver. 17). The Israelites continued to "tempt and provoke God" after they had obtained possession of the Holy Land, and divided it among them (see Judges 2:11-19; Judges 3:12; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1; Judges 10:6-15; Judges 13:1, etc.). And kept not his testimonies; or, his ordinances (Cheyne). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But they testedוַיְנַסּ֣וּ (way·nas·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5254: To test, to attempt and disobeyed וַ֭יַּמְרוּ (way·yam·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4784: To be contentious or rebellious God אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Most High, עֶלְי֑וֹן (‘el·yō·wn) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme for they did not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no keep שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ (šā·mā·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to His decrees. וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו (wə·‘ê·ḏō·w·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5713: Testimony, witness Links Psalm 78:56 NIVPsalm 78:56 NLT Psalm 78:56 ESV Psalm 78:56 NASB Psalm 78:56 KJV Psalm 78:56 BibleApps.com Psalm 78:56 Biblia Paralela Psalm 78:56 Chinese Bible Psalm 78:56 French Bible Psalm 78:56 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 78:56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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