Psalm 78:18
Strong's Lexicon
They willfully
בִּלְבָבָ֑ם (bil·ḇā·ḇām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3824: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

tested
וַיְנַסּוּ־ (way·nas·sū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5254: 1) to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to test, try 1a2) to attempt, assay, try 1a3) to test, try, prove, tempt

God
אֵ֥ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power

by demanding
לִֽשְׁאָל־ (liš·’āl-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7592: 1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to ask, ask for 1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow 1a3) to enquire, enquire of 1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle) 1a5) to seek 1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully 1c2) to beg, practise beggary 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to be given on request 1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to

the food
אֹ֥כֶל (’ō·ḵel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 400: 1) food 1a) cereal 1b) meat 2) food supply 3) meal, dinner

they craved.
לְנַפְשָֽׁם׃ (lə·nap̄·šām)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Young's Literal Translation
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They deliberately tested God, demanding the food they craved.

New American Standard Bible
And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.

King James Bible
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.

New Living Translation
They stubbornly tested God in their hearts, demanding the foods they craved.

English Standard Version
They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.

New American Standard Bible
And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.

King James Bible
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They deliberately tested God, demanding the food they craved.

International Standard Version
To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.

NET Bible
They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.

American Standard Version
And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

English Revised Version
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Young's Literal Translation
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
















Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Exodus 17:2
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Numbers 11:4
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Psalm 78:41
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalm 95:9
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Psalm 105:40
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Psalm 106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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