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?
KJV
Qui jurgatus contra Moysen, ait : Da nobis aquam, ut bibamus. Quibus respondit Moyses : Quid jurgamini contra me ? cur tentatis Dominum ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἐλοιδορεῖτο ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγοντες Δὸς ἡμῖν ὕδωρ ἵνα πίωμεν. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Μωυσῆς Τί λοιδορεῖσθέ μοι, καὶ τί πειράζετε Κύριον;
LXX
Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?
ASV
וַ/יָּ֤רֶב הָ/עָם֙ עִם מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ תְּנוּ לָ֥/נוּ מַ֖יִם וְ/נִשְׁתֶּ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה מַה תְּרִיבוּ/ן֙ עִמָּדִ֔/י מַה תְּנַסּ֖וּ/ן אֶת יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§694Water. the symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our first birth took place in water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies that our birth into the divine life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. As "by one Spirit we were …
§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
- 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- 1Cor 10:10 — Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
- 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.
- Acts 15:10 — Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- Acts 15:10 — Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- 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 14:11 — And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
- Exod 14:11 — And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
- 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 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?
- Heb 3:9 — When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
- Isa 7:12 — But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
- Luke 4:12 — And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Mal 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
- Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
- Matt 4:7 — Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Matt 4:7 — Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Num 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts
- Num 14:22 — Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
- Num 14:22 — Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
- Num 16:11 — For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
- Num 20:2 — And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
- Num 20:3 — And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
- 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 21:5 — 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
- Prov 25:25 — As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
- Ps 78:18 — And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Ps 78:41 — Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- Ps 78:56 — Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- Ps 81:7 — Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
- Ps 95:8 — Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- Ps 95:9 — When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- Ps 106:13 — They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- 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.