King James Version
Psalms 78:17 in the King James Version says “And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.”
Psalms 78:17 · KJV
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? furnish: Heb. order
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“And they sinned”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
“against him by provoking”
H4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
“the most High”
H5945an elevation, i.e., (adjectively) lofty (comparatively); as title, the supreme
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