Psalms 74:15

Psalms 74:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
• New International Version (NIV)It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up mighty rivers.

Context of Psalms 74:15

13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. 16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun. 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

Psalms 74:15 word by word

אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲר֥וֹת אֵיתָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• Youאַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
• broke openבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• the fountainמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• and the floodנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• dried upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• the ever-flowingאֵיתָן'êythân · strongH386
• riversנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104

Cross-references for Psalms 74:15

• Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
• Exodus 17:5And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
• Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
• Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
• Joshua 3:13When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
• 2 Kings 2:8And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
• Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
• Isaiah 44:27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
• Habakkuk 3:9You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.
• Revelation 16:12And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.

Commentaries on Psalms 74:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thou didst cleave the fountain - Thou didst cleave the rock in the wilderness, of which all the congregation drank. Thou driedst up mighty rivers - Does not this refer to the cutting off the waters of the Jordan, so that the people passed over dryshod?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood - That is, the source of the streams and the streams themselves. The main allusion is probably to the Jordan, and the idea is, that God had, as it were, divided all the waters, or prevented any obstruction to his people from the river in any respect; as if the waters in the very springs and fountains, and the waters in the channel of the river flowing from those springs and fountains, had been so restrained and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providence was food to faith and hope, to support and encourage in difficulties. The God of Israel is the God of nature. He that is faithful to his covenant about the day and the night, will never cast off those whom he has chosen. We have as much reason to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15ever-flowing rivers: God gave water in the desert to his people (see Psalm 68:8–9; Exodus 17:6). He dried up the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21) and the Jordan River (Joshua 3:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. Examples of the "salvation wrought" are cited. divide the sea--that is, Red Sea. brakest ... waters--Pharaoh and his host (compare Is 51:9, 10; Eze 29:3, 4).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
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• Lift
• Pluck
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• Remember
• Rod
• God
• Intercession

Commentaries on Psalms 74

• 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