I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
Psalms 78:19
In 11 translations
- BSB
- They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
- KJV
- Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?furnish: Heb. order
- WEB
- Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
- ASV
- Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
- LSV
- And they speak against God—they said: “Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?”
- YLT
- And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
- DBY
- And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?ElohimEl
- DRC77:19
- And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
- GNV
- They spake against God also, saying, Can God prepare a table in the wildernesse?
- JPS
- Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
- LXXE77:19
- They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ בֵּֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים אָ֭מְרוּ הֲי֣וּכַל אֵ֑ל לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
- LXX-Br77:19
- Καὶ κατελάλησαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εἶπαν, μὴ δυνήσεται ὁ Θεὸς ἑτοιμάσαι τράπεζαν ἐν ἐρήμῳ;
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
UnbeliefFurnishAsaphPlagues of EgyptScoffingMurmuringHezekiah (2)Meteorology and Celestial PhenomenaInfidelityBlasphemy
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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!”
- 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?
- 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!”
- Exodus 16:8–10And 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.”…
- Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Numbers 20:3The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- Numbers 11:13Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
- Job 34:37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 77:19 in some Bibles
- 78:19 in most Bibles