New English Translation
Psalms 78:47
47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.
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 swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land. 46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain. 48He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock. 49His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster.
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 sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land.
- Exodus 9:18I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
- 1 Chronicles 27:28Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands; Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil.
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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