naw-saw'
a primitive root; to test; by implication, to
attempt:--adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that God [0430] did tempt [05254] Abraham [085], and said [0559] unto him, Abraham [085]: and he said [0559], Behold, here I am.Behold…: Heb. Behold me
And he cried [06817] unto the Lord [03068]; and the Lord [03068] shewed [03384] him a tree [06086], which when he had cast [07993] into the waters [04325], the waters [04325] were made sweet [04985]: there he made [07760] for them a statute [02706] and an ordinance [04941], and there he proved [05254] them,
Then said [0559] the Lord [03068] unto Moses [04872], Behold, I will rain [04305] bread [03899] from heaven [08064] for you; and the people [05971] shall go out [03318] and gather [03950] a certain rate [01697] every day [03117] [03117], that I may prove [05254] them, whether they will walk [03212] in my law [08451], or no.a certain…: Heb. the portion of a day in his day
Wherefore the people [05971] did chide [07378] with Moses [04872], and said [0559], Give [05414] us water [04325] that we may drink [08354]. And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto them, Why chide [07378] ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt [05254] the Lord [03068]?
And he called [07121] the name [08034] of the place [04725] Massah [04532], and Meribah [04809], because of the chiding [07379] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and because they tempted [05254] the Lord [03068], saying [0559], Is [03426] the Lord [03068] among [07130] us, or not?Massah: that is, TemptationMeribah: that is, Chiding, or, Strife
And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto the people [05971], Fear [03372] not: for God [0430] is come [0935] to [05668] prove [05254] you, and that his fear [03374] may be before your faces [06440], that ye sin [02398] not.
Because all those men [0582] which have seen [07200] my glory [03519], and my miracles [0226], which I did [06213] in Egypt [04714] and in the wilderness [04057], and have tempted [0853] [05254] me now these ten [06235] times [06471], and have not hearkened [08085] to my voice [06963];
Or hath God [0430] assayed [05254] to go [0935] and take [03947] him a nation [01471] from the midst [07130] of another nation [01471], by temptations [04531], by signs [0226], and by wonders [04159], and by war [04421], and by a mighty [02389] hand [03027], and by a stretched out [05186] arm [02220], and by great [01419] terrors [04172], according to all that the Lord [03068] your God [0430] did [06213] for you in Egypt [04714] before your eyes [05869]?
Ye shall not tempt [05254] the Lord [03068] your God [0430], as ye tempted [05254] him in Massah [04532].
And thou shalt remember [02142] all the way [01870] which the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] led [03212] thee these forty [0705] years [08141] in the wilderness [04057], to humble [06031] thee, and to prove [05254] thee, to know [03045] what was in thine heart [03824], whether thou wouldest keep [08104] his commandments [04687], or no.
Who fed [0398] thee in the wilderness [04057] with manna [04478], which thy fathers [01] knew [03045] not, that he might humble [06031] thee, and that he might prove [05254] thee, to do thee good [03190] at thy latter end [0319];
Thou shalt not hearken [08085] unto the words [01697] of that prophet [05030], or that dreamer [02492] of dreams [02472]: for the Lord [03068] your God [0430] proveth [05254] you, to know [03045] whether ye [03426] love [0157] the Lord [03068] your God [0430] with all your heart [03824] and with all your soul [05315].
The tender [07390] and delicate [06028] woman among you, which would not adventure [05254] to set [03322] the sole [03709] of her foot [07272] upon the ground [0776] for delicateness [06026] and tenderness [07391], her eye [05869] shall be evil [03415] toward the husband [0376] of her bosom [02436], and toward her son [01121], and toward her daughter [01323],
And of Levi [03878] he said [0559], Let thy Thummim [08550] and thy Urim [0224] be with thy holy [02623] one [0376], whom thou didst prove [05254] at Massah [04532], and with whom thou didst strive [07378] at the waters [04325] of Meribah [04809];
That through them I may prove [05254] Israel [03478], whether they will keep [08104] the way [01870] of the Lord [03068] to walk [03212] therein, as their fathers [01] did keep [08104] it, or not.
Now these are the nations [01471] which the Lord [03068] left [03240], to prove [05254] Israel [03478] by them, even as many of Israel as had not known [03045] all the wars [04421] of Canaan [03667];
And they were to prove [05254] Israel [03478] by them, to know [03045] whether they would hearken [08085] unto the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068], which he commanded [06680] their fathers [01] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto God [0430], Let not thine anger [0639] be hot [02734] against me, and I will speak [01696] but this once [06471]: let me prove [05254], I pray thee, but this once [06471] with the fleece [01492]; let it now be dry [02721] only upon the fleece [01492], and upon all the ground [0776] let there be dew [02919].
And David [01732] girded [02296] his sword [02719] upon his armour [04055], and he assayed [02974] to go [03212]; for he had not proved [05254] it. And David [01732] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I cannot [03201] go [03212] with these; for I have not proved [05254] them. And David [01732] put [05493] them off him.
And when the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] heard [08085] of the fame [08088] of Solomon [08010] concerning the name [08034] of the Lord [03068], she came [0935] to prove [05254] him with hard questions [02420].
And when the queen [04436] of Sheba [07614] heard [08085] of the fame [08088] of Solomon [08010], she came [0935] to prove [05254] Solomon [08010] with hard questions [02420] at Jerusalem [03389], with a very [03966] great [03515] company [02428], and camels [01581] that bare [05375] spices [01314], and gold [02091] in abundance [07230], and precious [03368] stones [068]: and when she was come [0935] to Solomon [08010], she communed [01696] with him of all that was in her heart [03824].
Howbeit [03651] in the business of the ambassadors [03887] of the princes [08269] of Babylon [0894], who sent [07971] unto him to enquire [01875] of the wonder [04159] that was done in the land [0776], God [0430] left [05800] him, to try [05254] him, that he might know [03045] all that was in his heart [03824].ambassadors: Heb. interpreters
If we assay [05254] to commune [01697] with thee, wilt thou be grieved [03811]? but who can [03201] withhold [06113] himself from speaking [04405]?to…: Heb. a wordwithhold…: Heb. refrain from words?
Examine [0974] me, O Lord [03068], and prove [05254] me; try [06884] my reins [03629] and my heart [03820].
And they tempted [05254] God [0410] in their heart [03824] by asking [07592] meat [0400] for their lust [05315].
Yea, they turned back [07725] and tempted [05254] God [0410], and limited [08428] the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478].
Yet they tempted [05254] and provoked [04784] the most high [05945] God [0430], and kept [08104] not his testimonies [05713]:
When your fathers [01] tempted [05254] me, proved [0974] me, and saw [07200] my work [06467].
But lusted [0183] exceedingly [08378] in the wilderness [04057], and tempted [05254] God [0410] in the desert [03452].lusted…: Heb. lusted a lust
I said [0559] in mine heart [03820], Go to now [03212], I will prove [05254] thee with mirth [08057], therefore enjoy [07200] pleasure [02896]: and, behold, this also is vanity [01892].
All this [02090] have I proved [05254] by wisdom [02451]: I said [0559], I will be wise [02449]; but it was far [07350] from me.
But Ahaz [0271] said [0559], I will not ask [07592], neither will I tempt [0853] [05254] the Lord [03068].
Prove [05254] thy servants [05650], I beseech thee, ten [06235] days [03117]; and let them give [05414] us pulse [02235] to eat [0398], and water [04325] to drink [08354].pulse: Heb. of pulseto eat…: Heb. that we may eat, etc
So he consented [08085] to them in this matter [01697], and proved [05254] them ten [06235] days [03117].