King James Version
Psalms 78:18 in the King James Version says “And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.”
Psalms 78:18 · KJV
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
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?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“for their lust”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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