Psalm 78:19
Strong's Lexicon
They spoke
וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ (way·ḏab·bə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

against God,
בֵּֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים (bê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

saying,
אָ֭מְרוּ (’ā·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“Can
הֲי֣וּכַל (hă·yū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: 1) to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach 1a2) to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor 1a3) to have ability, have strength

God
אֵ֑ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power

really prepare
לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ (la·‘ă·rōḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6186: 1) to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arrange or set or lay in order, arrange, state in order, set forth (a legal case), set in place 1a2) to compare, be comparable 2) (Hiphil) to value, tax

a table
שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ן (lə·ḥān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7979: 1) table 1a) table 1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred uses

in the wilderness ?
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: 1) wilderness 1a) pasture 1b) uninhabited land, wilderness 1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities) 1d) wilderness (fig.) 2) mouth 2a) mouth (as organ of speech)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

Young's Literal Translation
And they speak against God—they said: ‘Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They spoke against God, saying,“ Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?

New American Standard Bible
Then they spoke against God; They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

King James Bible
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They spoke against God; they said, "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?

New Living Translation
They even spoke against God himself, saying, "God can't give us food in the wilderness.

English Standard Version
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

New American Standard Bible
Then they spoke against God; They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

King James Bible
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They spoke against God, saying," Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?

International Standard Version
They spoke against God by asking, "Is God able to prepare a feast in the desert?

NET Bible
They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

American Standard Version
Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

English Revised Version
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Young's Literal Translation
And they speak against God -- they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
















Cross References
Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Numbers 11:4
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

Numbers 21:5
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Psalm 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Psalm 78:17
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Psalm 78:16
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Psalm 78:20
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

Psalm 78:21
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
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