Psalms 78:17
What does Psalms 78:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 78:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 106:13
They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
- Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, andhimself fought against them.
- Psalms 78:32
For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
- Deuteronomy 9:12
And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
- Hebrews 3:16
For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?
- Psalms 95:8
Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
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