KJV King James Version
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
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Psalm 78:17
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
WEB World English Bible
Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
ASV American Standard Version
Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
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Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.Hebrews 3:16-19For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.Deuteronomy 9:8Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.Psalm 95:8-10Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:Psalm 106:13-32They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:Deuteronomy 9:12-22And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.Psalm 78:32For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
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