King James Version

Psalms 78:40

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

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כַּ֭מָּהkamahas howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “as how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.יַמְר֣וּהוּyamruhvbitterמָרָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bitter”, an unfinished actionH4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).בַמִּדְבָּ֑רvamidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּyaatsivuhvdispleaseעָצַבverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “displease”, an unfinished actionH6087properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or angerdisplease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹןbishimonin desertיְשִׁימוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in desert”, the ordinary formH3452a desolationdesert, Jeshimon, solitary, wilderness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!

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American Standard Version (1901)

How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

Young’s Literal Translation

How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

World English Bible

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!

Darby Translation

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and anger him in a dry land!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ποσάκις παρεπίκραναν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, παρώργισαν