Deuteronomy 6:16

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.Massah means testing; see Exodus 17:7; cited in Matthew 4:7 and Luke 4:12.

KJV

¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

WEB

You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

ASV

Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

LSV

You do not try your God YHWH as you tried [Him] in Massah.

YLT

'Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;

DBY

Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.Elohim

DRC

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.

GNV

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye did tempt him in Massah:

JPS

Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.

LXXE

Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as ye tempted him in the temptation.

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WLC

לֹ֣א תְנַסּ֔וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִסִּיתֶ֖ם בַּמַּסָּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου, ὃν τρόπον ἐξεπειράσατε ἐν τῷ πειρασμῷ.

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• 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?”
• Luke 4:12But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
• Matthew 4:7Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
• Psalms 95:8–9do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
• Hebrews 3:8–9do 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.
• 1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
• Exodus 17:2So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
• Numbers 21:4–5Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of…
• Numbers 20:3–4The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
• Numbers 20:13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

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