KJV King James Version
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
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Psalm 78:40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
WEB World English Bible
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
ASV American Standard Version
How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
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Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.Psalm 95:8-10Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:Hebrews 3:15-17While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.Psalm 78:17And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.Deuteronomy 9:21-22And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.Psalm 107:11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:Psalm 106:14-33But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.Isaiah 7:13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; [Is it] a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?Numbers 14:11And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
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