Exodus 17:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?””
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“So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore 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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the people strive with Moses, and say, `Give us water, and we drink.' And Moses saith to them, `What? --ye strive with me, what? --ye try Jehovah?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 17:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- Exodus 5:21“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
- Exodus 14:11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Exodus 15:24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
- Exodus 16:2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 17:7He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- Numbers 14:2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
- Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
- Numbers 20:2Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Deuteronomy 6:16Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
- Deuteronomy 9:22You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
- 1 Samuel 8:6But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
- Psalms 78:18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
- Psalms 78:41Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 78:56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
- Psalms 95:9where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
- Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- Isaiah 7:12But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
- Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Matthew 4:7Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Matthew 16:1Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Luke 4:12But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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