New King James Version
Psalms 78:25
25Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full.
Psalms 78:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
- New International Version (NIV)Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They ate the food of angels! God gave them all they could hold.
Context of Psalms 78:25
23Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven, 24Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full. 26He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind. 27He also rained meat on them like the dust, Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:25 word by word
לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח לָהֶ֣ם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 78:25
- Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.
- Exodus 16:8Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord.”
- Matthew 14:20So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.
- Matthew 15:37So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Man did eat angels' food - איש אכל אבירים לחם lechem abbirim achal ish, "Man did eat the bread of the mighty ones;" or, each person ate, etc. They ate such bread as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great, the best, the most delicate food. How little did this gross people know of the sublime excellence of that which they called light bread, and which they said their soul loathed; Numbers 21:5;! It was a type of Jesus Christ for so says…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Man did eat angels‘ food - Food that came from heaven; food so directly and manifestly from heaven that it might be supposed to be the same kind that was eaten there, and that had now been sent down by a special miracle for man; food so delicate and so free from the ordinary coarse properties of food, that it might be supposed to be such as angels feed on. The word rendered “angels” - אביר 'abbı̂yr - means properly “strong, mighty,” and may be applied to…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. 23-25Abundance comes through the doors of heaven (Genesis 8:2; 2 Kings 7:2; Malachi 3:10). The Israelites ate manna for 40 years in the wilderness (Exodus 16:31–36; John 6:31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2923-29. (Compare Ex 16:11-15; Nu 11:4-9).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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