Psalms 78:17
But our ancestors continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
In Context
16He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:8Even at Sinai Mountain your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of all of them.
Deuteronomy 31:27I say this because I know that these people are very stubborn [DOU]. They have rebelled against Yahweh all during the time that I have been with them, and they will rebel much more after I die!
Psalms 95:8He says, “Do not become stubborn [IDM] like your ancestors did at Meribah, and like they did at Massah in the desert.
Isaiah 63:10But we rebelled against him, and we caused his Holy Spirit to be sad. So he became like [MET] an enemy who fought against us.
Hebrews 3:16◄ You must keep trusting in God because you must remember who it was who rebelled against God although they heard him speaking to them./Do you remember who it was who rebelled against God although they heard him speaking to them?► [RHQ] It was people who had certainly experienced [LIT] God’s power. It was all those people whom Moses led miraculously out of Egypt. [RHQ]
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →