Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 78:15
15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.
Psalms 78:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
- New International Version (NIV)He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
- English Standard Version (ESV)He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
Context of Psalms 78:15
13He split the sea and brought them across; the water stood firm like a wall. 14He led them with a cloud by day and with a fiery light throughout the night. He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the depths. 16He brought streams out of the stone and made water flow down like rivers. 17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:15 word by word
יְבַקַּ֣ע צֻ֭רִים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ֝יַּ֗שְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת רַבָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:15
- Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a stream in the desert.
- Psalms 114:8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a spring.
- Exodus 17:6I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that abundant water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
- Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and springs in the middle of the plains. I will turn the desert into a pool and dry land into springs.
- Isaiah 43:20Wild animals — jackals and ostriches — will honor me, because I provide water in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people.
- John 7:37On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.
- Revelation 22:1Then he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Commentaries on Psalms 78:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15He clave the rocks in the wilderness - There were two occasions on which the rock was smitten for water; one Exodus 17:6 at Mount Horeb, shortly after they came out of Egypt; and the other Numbers 20:11, when they had nearly ceased their wanderings in the wilderness. Hence, the plural term (rocks) is used here. And gave them drink as out of the great depths - As if he had formed a lake or an ocean, furnishing an inexhaustible supply.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-39Verses 9-39 Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-16The focus shifts from Ephraim (Psalm 78:9–11) to all of Israel. The psalmist thinks about God's power in Egypt (see Psalm 81:4–7) and in the wilderness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. There were two similar miracles (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11). great depths--and--rivers--denote abundance.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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