God’s Word Translation
Psalms 78:47
47He killed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost.
Psalms 78:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
- New International Version (NIV)He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost.
Context of Psalms 78:47
45He sent a swarm of flies that bit them and frogs that ruined them. 46He gave their crops to grasshoppers and their produce to locusts. He killed their vines with hail and their fig trees with frost. 48He let the hail strike their cattle and bolts of lightning strike their livestock. 49He sent his burning anger, rage, fury, and hostility against them. He sent an army of destroying angels.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:47 word by word
יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:47
- Psalms 105:32He gave them hail and lightning instead of rain throughout their land.
- Exodus 9:18So, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever happened in Egypt since the beginning of its history.
- 1 Chronicles 27:28for the olive and fig trees in the foothills Baal Hanan from Gedor for storing olive oil Joash
Commentaries on Psalms 78:47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47He destroyed their vines with hail - Though the vine was never plentiful in Egypt, yet they have some; and the wine made in that country is among the most delicious. The leaf of the vine is often used by the Egyptians of the present day for wrapping up their mince-meat, which they lay leaf upon leaf, season it after their fashion, and so cook it, making it a most exquisite sort of food, according to Mr. Maillet. And their sycamore-trees - This tree was…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47He destroyed their vines with hail - Margin, killed. See Exodus 9:22-26. In the account in Exodus the hail is said to have smitten man and beast, the herb, and the tree of the field. In the psalm only one thing is mentioned, perhaps denoting the ruin by what would be particularly felt in Palestine, where the culture of the grape was so common and so important. And their sycamore trees with frost - The sycamore is mentioned particularly as giving poetic…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. 47-4847-48. The additional effects of the storm here mentioned (compare Ex 9:23-34) are consistent with Moses' account.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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