King James Version
Psalms 78:19 in the King James Version says “Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? furnish: Heb. order” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? furnish: Heb. order”
Psalms 78:19 · KJV
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?
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Yea they spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“against God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“furnish”
H6186to set in a row, i.e., arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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