Psalm 78:19 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

They spoke against God by saying, "Can God prepare a banquet in the desert?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

DBY:

And they spoke against God: they said, Is ùGod able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

ERV:

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

JPS:

Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

WBS:

Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

WEB:

Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

YLT:

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

Psalm 78:19 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 16:3 The sons of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the LORD'S hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

Numbers 11:4 The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, "Who will give us meat to eat?

Numbers 20:3 The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!

Numbers 21:5 The people spoke against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this miserable food."

Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God {m} furnish a table in the wilderness?
(m) Thus when we give place to sin, we are moved to doubt God's power, unless he is always ready to serve our lust.

MHC:

78:9-39. Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not trust his providence in the way to it. To all that by faith and prayer, ask, seek, and knock, these doors of heaven shall at any time be opened; and our distrust of God is a great aggravation of our sins. He expressed his resentment of their provocation; not in denying what they sinfully lusted after, but in granting it to them. Lust is contented with nothing. Those that indulge their lust, will never be estranged from it. Those hearts are hard indeed, that will neither be melted by the mercies of the Lord, nor broken by his judgments. Those that sin still, must expect to be in trouble still. And the reason why we live with so little comfort, and to so little purpose, is, because we do not live by faith. Under these rebukes they professed repentance, but they were not sincere, for they were not constant. In Israel's history we have a picture of our own hearts and lives. God's patience, and warnings, and mercies, imbolden them to harden their hearts against his word. And the history of kingdoms is much the same. Judgments and mercies have been little attended to, until the measure of their sins has been full. And higher advantages have not kept churches from declining from the commandments of God. Even true believers recollect, that for many a year they abused the kindness of Providence. When they come to heaven, how will they admire the Lord's patience and mercy in bringing them to his kingdom!

CONC:

Able Array Bitter Desert Furnish Prepare Ready Saying Spake Speak Spoke Spread Table Waste Wilderness Yea Yes

Able Array Bitter Desert Furnish Prepare Ready Speak Spread Table Waste Wilderness Words

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