Psalm 78:17
New International Version
But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

New Living Translation
Yet they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

English Standard Version
Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

Berean Standard Bible
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

King James Bible
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

New King James Version
But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.

New American Standard Bible
Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

NASB 1995
Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

NASB 1977
Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Amplified Bible
Yet they still continued to sin against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

Christian Standard Bible
But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

American Standard Version
Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Contemporary English Version
But in the desert, the people of God Most High kept sinning and rebelling.

English Revised Version
Yet went they on still to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They continued to sin against him, to rebel in the desert against the Most High.

Good News Translation
But they continued to sin against God, and in the desert they rebelled against the Most High.

International Standard Version
But time and again, they sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

Majority Standard Bible
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

NET Bible
Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

New Heart English Bible
Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the Most High in the wilderness.

World English Bible
Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they still add to sin against Him, "" To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

Young's Literal Translation
And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will yet add to sin against him to embitter the Most High in a dry land.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they added yet more sin against him: they provoked the most High to wrath in the place without water.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And yet, they continued to sin against him. In a waterless place, they provoked the Most High with resentment.

New American Bible
But they went on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

New Revised Standard Version
Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But the people continued to sin, and to murmur against the most High in their thirst for water.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the people continued again to sin and to bitterly provoke The Highest with thirst.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Yet went they on still to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
16He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. 17But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. 18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.…

Cross References
Exodus 16:2-3
And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. / “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!”

Numbers 14:22-23
not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— / not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

Deuteronomy 9:22-24
You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah. / And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. / You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.

Nehemiah 9:16-17
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments. / They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Ezekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.

Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Hosea 7:13-14
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me. / They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

Acts 7:39-42
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. / They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ / At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. ...

Hebrews 3:8-10
do 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. / Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’

1 Corinthians 10:9-10
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes. / And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Mark 8:11-12
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven. / Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

Luke 11:29-32
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. / For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. / The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. ...

John 6:30-31
So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do? / Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”


Treasury of Scripture

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Psalm 78:32
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

Psalm 95:8-10
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: …

Psalm 106:13-32
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: …

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Psalm 78
1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.














But they continued to sin against Him
This phrase highlights the persistent rebellion of the Israelites against God. The Hebrew root for "continued" is "yāsap," which implies an ongoing, repeated action. This suggests that the Israelites' sin was not a one-time event but a habitual pattern. Historically, this reflects the period of the wilderness wanderings, where despite witnessing God's miracles, the Israelites repeatedly turned away from Him. This serves as a cautionary tale for believers today, emphasizing the importance of steadfast faith and obedience.

rebelling in the desert
The word "rebelling" comes from the Hebrew "mārâ," which means to be contentious or disobedient. The desert, or "midbar" in Hebrew, is not just a physical location but also symbolizes a place of testing and reliance on God. The Israelites' rebellion in the desert underscores their lack of trust in God's provision and guidance. For contemporary Christians, this serves as a reminder to trust in God's plan, even in times of spiritual dryness or testing.

against the Most High
The term "Most High" is translated from the Hebrew "Elyon," a title that emphasizes God's supreme authority and sovereignty. By rebelling against the Most High, the Israelites were not just disobeying a set of rules but were challenging the authority of the Creator Himself. This highlights the gravity of their sin and serves as a reminder of the reverence and submission due to God. In a modern context, it calls believers to recognize God's ultimate authority in their lives and to live in a way that honors Him.

(17) They sinned yet more and more.--This implies the discontent which had already shown itself before the miraculous supply of water.

Verse 17. - And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the Most High in the wilderness. The two provocations of a demand for bread (Exodus 16:3) and a demand for flesh (Numbers 11:4) are joined together in the present passage, as the two occasions of giving water are in vers. 15, 16. Only the second of these two provocations was subsequent to the (first) giving of water; but the psalmist does not allow himself to be bound by considerations of strict chronological accuracy. He is a poet, and not an historian; though at present he is treating of history.

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Hebrew
But they continued
וַיּוֹסִ֣יפוּ (way·yō·w·sî·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

to sin against Him,
לַחֲטֹא־ (la·ḥă·ṭō-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

rebelling
לַֽמְר֥וֹת (lam·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4784: To be contentious or rebellious

in the desert
בַּצִּיָּֽה׃ (baṣ·ṣî·yāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6723: Aridity, a desert

against the Most High.
עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן (‘el·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme


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