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Psalms 78:45
45He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
Context of Psalms 78:45
43They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain of Zoan. 44For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the streams. He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin them. 46He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was consumed by locusts. 47He destroyed their grapevines with hail and shattered their sycamore-figs with sleet.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:45 word by word
יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 78:45
- Psalms 105:31When the Lord spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt.
- Exodus 8:21If you refuse, then I will send swarms of flies on you, your officials, your people, and all the houses. The Egyptian homes will be filled with flies, and the ground will be covered with them.
- Psalms 105:30Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.
- Exodus 8:2If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land.
- Revelation 16:3Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died.
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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