1 Corinthians 10:9
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
- KJV
- Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- WEB
- Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
- ASV
- Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.
- DARBY
- Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.
- BLB
- And we should not test Christ, as some of them tested, and were destroyed by serpents.
- ÅB
- La oss heller ikke friste Kristus, slik som noen av dem fristet ham og ble ødelagt av slanger!
- OTB
- Vi skal heller ikke friste Herren, slik noen av dem gjorde, og ble ødelagt av slanger.
- B1930
- La oss heller ikke friste Kristus, likesom nogen av dem fristet ham og blev ødelagt av slanger!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 21:5–6
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Read in contextPsalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Read in contextHebrews 3:8–11
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Read in contextExodus 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?
Read in contextPsalms 78:56
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Read in contextExodus 17:7
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?
Read in contextExodus 23:20–21
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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