Psalms 105:14
And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et concupierunt concupiscentiam in deserto, et tentaverunt Deum in inaquoso.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐπεθύμησαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ ἐπείρασαν τὸν θεὸν ἐν ἀνύδρῳ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 106:14
- וַיִּתְאַוּ֣וּ תַ֭אֲוָה בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיְנַסּוּ אֵ֝֗ל בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן
Haydock's commentary
Desire. Or they greedily sought for flesh meat, (Haydock) at Sin, or Pharan, Exodus xvi. 13., and Numbers xi. 31. Chronological order is not observed. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CVI
12. Lastly, “And they lusted a lust in the wilderness, and they tempted God in the dry land” ( ver. 14 ). The “dry land,” or land without water, and “desert,” are the same: so also are, “they lusted a lust,” and, “they tempted God.” The form of speech is the same as above, “they praised a praise.”