KJV King James Version
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?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
WEB World English Bible
He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”
ASV American Standard Version
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the ‘strife’ of the sons of Israel, and because of their ‘trying’ Jehovah, saying, ‘Is Jehovah in our midst or not?’
Surrounding context — Exodus 17
4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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?
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקְרָא֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call toשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameהַמָּק֔וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceמַסָּ֖הH4532 · mas.sahMassahוּמְרִיבָ֑הH4809 · me.ri.vahMeribahעַל־H5921 · aluponרִ֣יב׀H7379 · rivstrifeבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְעַ֨לH5921 · aluponנַסֹּתָ֤םH5254 · na.sahto testאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayהֲיֵ֧שׁH3426 · yeshthereיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבְּקִרְבֵּ֖נוּH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongאִם־H518 · imifאָֽיִן׃ פH369 · a.yinnothing
Cross-references
Psalm 81:7Thou 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.Numbers 20:13This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.Psalm 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:Deuteronomy 9:22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.Hebrews 3:8-9Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:Exodus 17:2Wherefore 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?Numbers 20:24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.Acts 7:37-39This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.Micah 3:11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.Deuteronomy 31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God [is] not among us?Joshua 22:31And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
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