Psalms 78:40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
KJV
How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
ASV
כַּ֭/מָּה יַמְר֣וּ/הוּ בַ/מִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּ/הוּ בִּֽ/ישִׁימֽוֹן
Hebrew
How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
YLT
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
verb · 17×
יְשִׁימֹֽן
yshymn
noun · 13×
יַּמְרוּ
ymrv
verb · 45×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 14:9 — But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
- 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.
- Eph 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
- Eph 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
- Exod 23:21 — Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
- Ezek 6:9 — And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes,
- Ezek 12:2 — Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
- Heb 3:15 — While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
- Isa 1:13 — Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
- Isa 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Isa 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Isa 65:3 — A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
- Num 14:3 — And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
- 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 106:32 — They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
- Ps 106:33 — Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
- Ps 107:11 — Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: