English Standard Version
Psalms 78:45
45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms 78:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
- New International Version (NIV)He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin them.
Context of Psalms 78:45
43when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. 44He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. 46He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. 47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:45 word by word
יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:45
- Psalms 105:31He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
- Exodus 8:21Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
- Psalms 105:30Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
- Exodus 8:2But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs.
- Revelation 16:3The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45He sent - flies - and frogs - See on Exodus 8:6; (note), and Exodus 8:24; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45He sent divers sorts of flies - The account of this plague is found in Exodus 8:24. The word there used is simply “swarm,” without indicating what the swarm was composed of. The rabbis explain the word as denoting a mixture, or a conflux of noxious insects, as if the word were derived from ערב ‛ârab - “to mix.” The Septuagint renders it ́ kunomnia - “dog-fly” - which Philo describes as so named from its impudence. The common explanation of the word now…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. 4545. The dog-fly or the mosquito.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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