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Psalms 78:15
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 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 cut the sea into two separate parts, and he led them through it. He made a path between two walls of water. 14He showed them the way with a cloud in the day and with light from a fire all night. He broke rocks into pieces in the wilderness so that his people had plenty of water. Springs of water came from deep in the earth. 16He caused streams to pour from the rocks so that the waters ran like rivers. 17But his people continued to do bad things against him. In the wilderness, they turned against the Most High God.
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 broke a rock, so that water poured out from it. It ran as a river through the dry places.
- Psalms 114:8He changes a rock into a pool of water! Water pours out of a hard rock!
- 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.
- Isaiah 41:18I will make rivers run over the dry hills. I will make springs of water in the valleys. I will make pools of water in the desert. The dry land will become a place of streams.
- Isaiah 43:20The wild animals in the desert praise me, including the jackals and the owls. They praise me because I put water in the desert, and streams in the wilderness. I am giving water to the people that I have chosen, so that they will not be thirsty.
- John 7:37The last day of the festival was the most important day. On that day, Jesus stood up and he spoke with a loud voice. He said, ‘If anyone is thirsty, he should come to me so that he may drink.
- 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.
- Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river. It had water that gives true life to people. The water shone like clean glass. The river of water started from the throne where God and the Lamb sit to rule. It ran from the throne
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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