Psalms 106 · Verse 14

Psalms 106:14

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Psalms 106:14, King James Version

Psalms 106:14 in other translations

BSBThey craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
WEBbut gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
ASVBut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
YLTAnd they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.
DARBYAnd they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
BBEThey gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.
WebsterBut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

What does Psalms 106:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:13-15

13-15. The faith induced by God's display of power in their behalf was short lived, and their new rebellion and temptation was visited by God with fresh punishment, inflicted by leaving them to the result of their own gratified appetites, and sending on them spiritual poverty (Nu 11:18). They soon forgat--literally, "They hasted, they forgat" (compare Ex 32:8). "They have turned aside quickly (or, hastily) out of…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:13-33

Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God showed his displeasure for this. He filled them with uneasiness of mind, terror of conscience, and self-reproach. Many that fare deliciously every day, and whose bodies are healthful, have leanness in their souls: no love to God…

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Psalms 106:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּvai.yit.'a.Vuand they cravedH183
תַ֭אֲוָהTa.'a.vaha cravingH8378
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057
וַיְנַסּוּ\־vay.na.su-and they put to [the] testH5254
אֵ֝֗ל'ElGodH410
בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן\׃Bi.shi.Monin a desolate placeH3452

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 106:14

  • 1 Corinthians 10:9

    Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:6

    Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

  • Numbers 11:4

    And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

  • Exodus 17:2

    Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

  • Hebrews 3:8-10

    Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

  • Psalms 78:18-20

    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? 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?

  • Psalms 78:30

    They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

  • Numbers 14:22

    Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

  • Numbers 11:33-34

    And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

  • Psalms 95:8-9

    Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

  • Psalms 78:40-41

    How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 9:22

    And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But.
78:18,30; Nu 11:4,33,34; De 9:22; 1Co 10:6
lusted exceedingly. Heb. lusted a lust. tempted.
78:18-20,40,41; 95:8,9; Ex 17:2; Nu 14:22; 1Co 10:9; Heb 3:8-10

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Context

  • Psalms 106:13

    They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

  • Psalms 106:14

    But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

  • Psalms 106:15

    And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

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Psalms 106:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y desearon con ansia en el desierto; y tentaron á Dios en la soledad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils furent remplis de convoitise dans le désert, et ils tentèrent ✶Dieu dans le lieu désolé;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie wurden lüstern in der Wüste und versuchten Gott in der Einöde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et eduxit eos de tenebris et umbra mortis, et vincula eorum dirupit.