American Standard Version
Psalms 78:48
48He gave over their cattle also to the hail,And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Psalms 78:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
- New International Version (NIV)He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning.
Context of Psalms 78:48
46He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust. 47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost. He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil. 50He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:48 word by word
וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַבָּרָ֣ד בְּעִירָ֑ם וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Psalms 78:48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48He gave up their cattle - See on Exodus 9:23; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48He gave up their cattle also to the hail - Margin, he shut up. Exodus 9:22-25. And their flocks to hot thunderbolts - Margin, lightnings. The original word means flame; then, lightning. There is no allusion in the word to the idea of a bolt, or shaft, accompanying the lightning or the thunder, by which destruction is produced. The destruction is caused by the lightning, and not by the thunder, and it is hardly necessary to say that there is no shaft or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-55Verses 40-55 Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-55The Israelites rebelled even though the Lord had rescued them from powerful plagues.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 47-4847-48. The additional effects of the storm here mentioned (compare Ex 9:23-34) are consistent with Moses' account.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- 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
- The Treasury of David
- 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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