Psalms 78:19

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

American King James Version (AKJV)

Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Basic English Translation (BBE)

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

Webster's Revision

Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

World English Bible

Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

English Revised Version (ERV)

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Definitions for Psalms 78:19

Yea - Yes; certainly.

Barnes's Psalms 78:19 Bible Commentary

Yea, they spake against God - That is, in the manner which is immediately specified - by calling in question his power, or his ability to provide for them in the wilderness. See Numbers 11:4.

They said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? - In the desert. The word rendered "furnish" is in the margin "order." It means to arrange; to set in order; and here to arrange and provide for, as at a feast. The precise words used by the complaining Hebrews are not quoted here, but the substance of what they said is retained. The idea is, that what they spake was "equivalent" to saying that God could not prepare a table for them; that is, provide for them, in the desert.