New English Translation
Psalms 78:15
15He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.
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 divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap. 14He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long. He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea. 16He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers. 17Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.
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 up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.
- Psalms 114:8who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!
- Exodus 17:6I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you will strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 20:11Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.
- Isaiah 41:18I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.
- Isaiah 43:20The wild animals of the desert honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the desert and streams in the wilderness, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,
- John 7:37On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
- 1 Corinthians 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
- Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out 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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