1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
KJV
μηδὲ ἐκπειράζωμεν τὸν κύριον, καθώς τινες αὐτῶν ἐξεπείρασαν, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ὄφεων ἀπώλλυντο.
Greek NT
Neque tentemus Christum, sicut quidam eorum tentaverunt, et a serpentibus perierunt.
Vulgate
Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.
ASV
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and perished by the serpent.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μηδέ
mede
conjunction · 54×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἐκπειράζω
ekpeirazo
verb · 6×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄφις
ophis
noun · 14×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Χριστόν | NA/RP: Χριστόν | WH/Treg/NIV: κύριον
- Χριστόν — SBLGNT
- Χριστόν — Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
- κύριον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: καθώς | WH/Treg/NIV: καθώς | RP: + καί
- καθώς — SBLGNT
- καθώς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + καί — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀπώλλυντο | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπώλλυντο | RP: ἀπώλοντο
- ἀπώλλυντο — SBLGNT
- ἀπώλλυντο — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπώλοντο — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2119Tempting God consists in putting his goodness and almighty power to the test by word or deed. Thus Satan tried to induce Jesus to throw himself down from the Temple and, by this gesture, force God to act.49 Jesus opposed Satan with the word of God: "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test." 50 The challenge contained in such tempting of God wounds the respect and trust …
Cross-references
- Acts 5:9 — Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
- Deut 6:16 — Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Deut 6:16 — Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Exod 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?
- Exod 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?
- Exod 17:7 — And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
- Exod 23:20 — Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Exod 23:20 — Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Heb 3:8 — Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- Heb 3:8 — Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- Heb 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
- John 8:6 — This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- Luke 4:12 — And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
- Mark 12:15 — Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
- Matt 4:7 — Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Num 21:5 — And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth thi
- Num 21:6 — And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Ps 78:18 — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Ps 78:18 — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Ps 78:56 — Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- Ps 95:9 — When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- Ps 95:9 — When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- Ps 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- Ps 106:14 — But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.