Psalms 78:56

In 11 translations

BSB

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

KJV

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

WEB

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

ASV

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

LSV

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, || And have not kept His testimonies.

YLT

And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

DBY

But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,Elohim

DRC77:56

Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.

GNV

Yet they tempted, and prouoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies,

JPS

Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;

LXXE77:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

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WLC

וַיְנַסּ֣וּ וַ֭יַּמְרוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

LXX-Br77:56

Καὶ ἐπείρασαν καὶ παρεπίκραναν τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον, καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐφυλάξαντο.

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• Judges 2:11–12And 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…
• Psalms 78:40–41How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
• Nehemiah 9:25–26They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in…
• Deuteronomy 32:15–21But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation. They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with…
• 2 Kings 17:7–23All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods and walked…
• Deuteronomy 31:16–20And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the…
• Ezekiel 16:15–26But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. You took some of your garments and made…

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