Psalms 78:19

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“They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?”

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BSBPD

“They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they speak against God--they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:19 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
  2. Exodus 16:8And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
  3. 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?
  4. Numbers 11:13Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
  5. Numbers 20:3The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
  6. 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!”
  7. 2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 32:19They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
  9. Job 34:37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
  10. Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
  11. Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
  12. Revelation 13:6And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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