What does Exodus 17:7 King James Version mean? Verse Analysis

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And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

Psalms 81:7 Psalms 81:7 Psalms 95:8 Numbers 20:13 Psalms 95:8

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What Does Exodus 17:7 Mean?

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"And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying,..."

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American Standard Versionarrow_forwardASV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

American King James Versionarrow_forwardAKJV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

KJV with Apocryphaarrow_forwardKJVA

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

Bible in Basic Englisharrow_forwardBBE

And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

Young's Literal Translationarrow_forwardYLT

and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the `strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their `trying' Jehovah, saying, `Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'

New Heart English Biblearrow_forwardNHEB

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us, or not?"

NHEB Messianic Editionarrow_forwardNHEBME

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us, or not?"

NHEB Jehovah Editionarrow_forwardNHEBJE

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Jehovah, saying, "Is Jehovah among us, or not?"

Darby Translationarrow_forwardDarby

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

Webster Biblearrow_forwardWebster

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Geneva Bible 1599arrow_forwardGeneva1599

And he called the name of the place, Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among vs, or no?

Douay-Rheimsarrow_forwardDRC

And he called the name of that place Temptation, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?

Rotherham Biblearrow_forwardRotherham

So he called the name of the place, Massah, and Meribah,—because of the fault-finding of the sons of Israel, and because of their putting Yahweh to the proof, saying, Is Yahweh in our midst or is he not?

Literal Translationarrow_forwardLITV

And one called the name of the place, Massah, and, Meribah because of the wrangling of the sons of Israel, and because of their testing of Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in our midst, or not?

Modern King Jamesarrow_forwardMKJV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the wrangling of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us or not?

Updated King Jamesarrow_forwardUKJV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Lexham English Biblearrow_forwardLEB

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the ⌞Israelites⌟ and because of their testing Yahweh by saying, “Is Yahweh in our midst or not?”

Jewish Publication Societyarrow_forwardJPS

And the name of the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tried HaShem, saying: 'Is HaShem among us, or not?'

Catholic Public Domainarrow_forwardCPDV

And he called the name of that place ‘Temptation,’ because of the arguing of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying: “Is the Lord with us, or not?”

Berean Study Biblearrow_forwardBSB

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Revised Websterarrow_forwardRWebster

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)arrow_forwardWycliffe

and he clepide the name of that place Temptacioun, for the chidyng of the sones of Israel, and for thei temptiden the Lord, and seiden, Whether the Lord is in vs, ether nay?

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And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

Psalms 81:7 Psalms 81:7 Psalms 95:8 Numbers 20:13 Psalms 95:8

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What Does Exodus 17:7 Mean?

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"And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying,..."

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American Standard Versionarrow_forwardASV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

American King James Versionarrow_forwardAKJV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

KJV with Apocryphaarrow_forwardKJVA

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?

Bible in Basic Englisharrow_forwardBBE

And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

Young's Literal Translationarrow_forwardYLT

and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the `strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their `trying' Jehovah, saying, `Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'

New Heart English Biblearrow_forwardNHEB

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us, or not?"

NHEB Messianic Editionarrow_forwardNHEBME

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us, or not?"

NHEB Jehovah Editionarrow_forwardNHEBJE

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Jehovah, saying, "Is Jehovah among us, or not?"

Darby Translationarrow_forwardDarby

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?

Webster Biblearrow_forwardWebster

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Geneva Bible 1599arrow_forwardGeneva1599

And he called the name of the place, Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among vs, or no?

Douay-Rheimsarrow_forwardDRC

And he called the name of that place Temptation, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and for that they tempted the Lord, saying: Is the Lord amongst us or not?

Rotherham Biblearrow_forwardRotherham

Literal Translationarrow_forwardLITV

And one called the name of the place, Massah, and, Meribah because of the wrangling of the sons of Israel, and because of their testing of Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah in our midst, or not?

Modern King Jamesarrow_forwardMKJV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the wrangling of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us or not?

Updated King Jamesarrow_forwardUKJV

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Lexham English Biblearrow_forwardLEB

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the ⌞Israelites⌟ and because of their testing Yahweh by saying, “Is Yahweh in our midst or not?”

Jewish Publication Societyarrow_forwardJPS

And the name of the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tried HaShem, saying: 'Is HaShem among us, or not?'

Catholic Public Domainarrow_forwardCPDV

And he called the name of that place ‘Temptation,’ because of the arguing of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying: “Is the Lord with us, or not?”

Berean Study Biblearrow_forwardBSB

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Revised Websterarrow_forwardRWebster

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)arrow_forwardWycliffe

and he clepide the name of that place Temptacioun, for the chidyng of the sones of Israel, and for thei temptiden the Lord, and seiden, Whether the Lord is in vs, ether nay?