English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 6:16
16"You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
Deuteronomy 6:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.
Context of Deuteronomy 6:16
14You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you— 15for the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God—lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth. "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah. 17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. 18And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers
Read all of Deuteronomy 6Deuteronomy 6:16 word by word
לֹ֣א תְנַסּ֔וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִסִּיתֶ֖ם בַּמַּסָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 6:16
- Matthew 4:7Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
- Luke 4:12And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
- Exodus 17:2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?"
- Numbers 20:3And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!
- Numbers 21:4From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.
- Psalms 95:8do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,
- Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Ye shall not tempt the Lord - Ye shall not provoke him by entertaining doubts of his mercy, goodness, providence, and truth. As ye tempted him in Massah - How did they tempt him in Massah? They said, Is the Lord among us or not? Exodus 17:1-7. After such proofs as they had of his presence and his kindness, this was exceedingly provoking. Doubting God's kindness where there are so many evidences of it, is highly insulting to God Almighty.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-25Verses 10-25 The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger; (1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and (2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors. The former error Moses strives to guard…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here are means for maintaining and keeping up religion in our hearts and houses. 1. Meditation. God's words must be laid up in our hearts, that our thoughts may be daily employed about them. 2. The religious education of children. Often repeat these things to them. Be careful and exact in teaching thy children. Teach these truths to all who are any way under thy care. 3. Pious discourse. Thou shalt talk of these things with due reverence and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16When Israel traveled through the Sinai desert after the exodus, they reached Rephidim. There was no water here (Exodus 17:1–7). Moses saw the people's demand for water as testing the Lord, so he called the place Massah, which means "testing." Jesus later quoted this verse when Satan tempted him (Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251-9. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them ... whither ye go to possess it--The grand design of all the institutions prescribed to Israel was to form a religious people, whose national character should be distinguished by that fear of the Lord their God which would ensure their divine observance of His worship and their steadfast obedience to His will. The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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