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 · 2000

Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they went on sinning against him even more, turning away from the Most High in the waste land;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

Context

v.16He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

v.17This passage

v.18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

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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