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Psalms 78:19

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

KJV

Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

ASV

וַֽ/יְדַבְּר֗וּ בֵּֽ/אלֹ֫הִ֥ים אָ֭מְרוּ הֲ/י֣וּכַל אֵ֑ל לַ/עֲרֹ֥ךְ שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ן בַּ/מִּדְבָּֽר

Hebrew

And they speak against God--they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

YLT

Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
י
y
noun · 71×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ
y'rk
verb · 76×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 7:2 — Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine ey
  • Exod 15:24 — And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
  • Exod 16:3 — And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brou
  • Exod 16:8 — And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: an
  • John 6:9 — There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
  • John 11:21 — Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
  • Lev 25:20 — And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
  • Mark 8:4 — And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
  • Num 11:4 — And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
  • Num 11:13 — Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
  • 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
  • Ps 23:5 — Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
  • Ps 23:5 — Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
  • Ps 78:41 — Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.