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Psalms 78:40

How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

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ASV

How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

KJV

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כַּ֭מָּהKa.mahhow often!H4100 →
יַמְר֣וּהוּyam.Ru.huthey rebelled against himH4784 →
בַמִּדְבָּ֑רva.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057 →
יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּya.'a.tzi.Vu.huthey grieved himH6087 →
בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃Bi.shi.Monin a desolate placeH3452 →

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Exodus 23:21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.Ezekiel 6:9Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.Ezekiel 12:2“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.Psalms 95:8–10do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,Numbers 14:11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?Hebrews 3:15–17As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.1 Kings 14:9You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.Isaiah 1:13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.Isaiah 65:3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,Numbers 14:3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”Psalms 106:32At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.Psalms 106:33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?Deuteronomy 9:21–22And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.Psalms 106:14–33They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.Psalms 107:11because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

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