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Psalms 114:8
8He changes a rock into a pool of water! Water pours out of a hard rock!
Psalms 114:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
- New International Version (NIV)who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Context of Psalms 114:8
6And you mountains and hills, why did you jump like sheep? 7Earth, you should shake with fear! The Lord, Jacob's God, has come to you, so be afraid! He changes a rock into a pool of water! Water pours out of a hard rock!
Read all of Psalms 114Psalms 114:8 word by word
הַהֹפְכִ֣י הַצּ֣וּר אֲגַם־מָ֑יִם חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 114:8
- Psalms 78:15He broke rocks into pieces in the wilderness so that his people had plenty of water. Springs of water came from deep in the earth.
- Psalms 105:41He broke a rock, so that water poured out from it. It ran as a river through the dry places.
- Psalms 107:35But for his people, he changes deserts to become pools of water. He makes springs of water in dry land.
- Exodus 17:6I will stand there, in front of you, by the rock at Sinai. Hit the rock with your stick, and water will come out of it. Then the people can drink.’ So Moses did this, while the leaders of the Israelites watched him.
- Numbers 20:11Moses lifted up his arm. He hit the rock twice with his stick. Water poured out from the rock. The people and their animals drank the water.
- Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the large and terrible desert where there were dangerous snakes and scorpions. It was very hot and dry. There was no water there for you to drink. But the Lord made water pour out of a hard rock for you.
- Nehemiah 9:15You gave your people bread from heaven when they were hungry. You gave them water from a rock to drink when they were thirsty. You commanded them to go to the land that you had promised to give them. You told them to take it for themselves.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4All of them drank the same spiritual drink. They drank water from the spiritual rock that went with them. Christ was that rock.
Commentaries on Psalms 114:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The flint - I have translated חלמיש challamish, Granite; for such is the rock of Horeb, a piece of which now lies before me. This short and apparently imperfect Psalm, for elegance and sublimity, yields to few in the whole book. It is so well translated in the old Psalter, that I think I shall gratify the reader by laying it before him. Psalm 114:1; In gangyng of Isrel oute of Egipt, Of the house of Jacob fra hethen folke. Psalm 114:2; Made is Jude his…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Which turned the rock into a standing water - That is, Before him who could do this, the earth should tremble; the inhabited world should stand in awe of such amazing power. The words rendered “a standing water,” mean properly a pool of water. They indicate nothing in regard to the permanency of that pool; they do not imply that it remained as a standing pool during the sojourn of the Israelites in the wilderness - whatever may have been the fact in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Lord miraculously provided for his people in hard times after the exile, just as he had done in the wilderness after the exodus.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 114
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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