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Psalms 78:56

What does Psalms 78:56 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 78:56 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But they tempted and provokedGod, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

Context

v.55He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

v.56This passage

v.57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 16:15

    But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.

  • Psalms 78:40

    How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

  • Nehemiah 9:25

    And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

  • Deuteronomy 31:16

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods 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

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • Judges 2:11

    And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;

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