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Psalms 78:18
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Psalms 78:18
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They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
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Psalms 78:18 in Other Translations
KJV
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And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
ESV
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They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
NLT
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They stubbornly tested God in their hearts, demanding the foods they craved.
MSG
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They tried to get their own way with God, clamored for favors, for special attention.
CSB
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They deliberately tested God, demanding the food they craved.
Psalms 78:18 In-Context
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he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.
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But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18
They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
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They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?
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True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?”
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Exodus 17:2
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1 Corinthians 10:9
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Exodus 15:24
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Exodus 16:2
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Numbers 11:4
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