Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes. New Living Translation But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High. They did not obey his laws. English Standard Version Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies, Berean Standard Bible But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. King James Bible Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: New King James Version Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies, New American Standard Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, NASB 1995 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, NASB 1977 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies, Legacy Standard Bible Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, Amplified Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies (laws). Christian Standard Bible But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep his decrees. Holman Christian Standard Bible But they rebelliously tested the Most High God, for they did not keep His decrees. American Standard Version Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies; Contemporary English Version But the people tested God Most High, and they refused to obey his laws. English Revised Version Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies; GOD'S WORD® Translation They tested God Most High and rebelled against him. They did not obey his written instructions. Good News Translation But they rebelled against Almighty God and put him to the test. They did not obey his commandments, International Standard Version But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes. Majority Standard Bible But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. NET Bible Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands. New Heart English Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies; Webster's Bible Translation Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: World English Bible Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they tempt and provoke God Most High, "" And have not kept His testimonies. Young's Literal Translation And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept. Smith's Literal Translation And they will tempt and embitter God the Most High, and they watched not his testimonies. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible But they tested and rebelled against God Most High, his decrees they did not observe. New Revised Standard Version Yet they tested the Most High God, and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYet they tempted and provoked the most High God, and kept not his testimonies; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they tempted and bitterly provoked God, The Highest, and they did not keep his testimony. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not His testimonies; Brenton Septuagint Translation Ye they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Open My Mouth in Parables…55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. 56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. 57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.… Cross References Judges 2:11-14 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. ... 2 Kings 17:14-15 But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. Jeremiah 7:24-26 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. Nehemiah 9:26-27 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. Ezekiel 20:21 But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness. Deuteronomy 9:7 Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD. 1 Samuel 8:7-8 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. / Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. Hosea 4:1-2 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Acts 7:51-53 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” Hebrews 3:7-11 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... Romans 10:21 But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” 1 Corinthians 10:9-10 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes. / And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. Treasury of Scripture Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: Psalm 78:40,41 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! … Deuteronomy 31:16-20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them… Deuteronomy 32:15-21 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation… Jump to Previous Bitter High Keeping Kept Laws Observe Provoke Provoked Rebelled Statutes Tempt Tempted Test Tested Testimonies Testing TriedJump to Next Bitter High Keeping Kept Laws Observe Provoke Provoked Rebelled Statutes Tempt Tempted Test Tested Testimonies Testing TriedPsalm 78 1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient 67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David. But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees But they tested The Hebrew word for "tested" is "nasah," which implies putting to the test or trying the patience of someone. In the context of Psalm 78, this word reflects the Israelites' repeated actions of challenging God's authority and questioning His power and provision. Historically, this testing can be seen in the wilderness wanderings, where despite witnessing numerous miracles, the Israelites continued to doubt God's ability to care for them. This serves as a cautionary tale for believers today, reminding us to trust in God's faithfulness and not to test His patience through disbelief or disobedience. and disobeyed God Most High for they did not keep His decrees Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But they testedוַיְנַסּ֣וּ (way·nas·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5254: To test, to attempt and disobeyed וַ֭יַּמְרוּ (way·yam·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4784: To be contentious or rebellious God אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Most High, עֶלְי֑וֹן (‘el·yō·wn) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme for they did not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no keep שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ (šā·mā·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to His decrees. וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו (wə·‘ê·ḏō·w·ṯāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5713: Testimony, witness Links Psalm 78:56 NIVPsalm 78:56 NLT Psalm 78:56 ESV Psalm 78:56 NASB Psalm 78:56 KJV Psalm 78:56 BibleApps.com Psalm 78:56 Biblia Paralela Psalm 78:56 Chinese Bible Psalm 78:56 French Bible Psalm 78:56 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 78:56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against (Psalm Ps Psa.) |