Psalms 78:48

Psalms 78:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
• New International Version (NIV)He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning.

Context of Psalms 78:48

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. He abandoned their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning. 49He loosed on them his fierce anger— all his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels. 50He turned his anger against them; he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives but ravaged them with the plague.

Psalms 78:48 word by word

וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַבָּרָ֣ד בְּעִירָ֑ם וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He gave upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• their cattleבְּעִירbe‛îyr · cattleH1165
• also to the hailבָּרָדbârâd · hailH1259
• and their flocksמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735
• to hot thunderboltsרֶ֫שֶׁףresheph · flashH7565

Cross-references for Psalms 78:48

• Exodus 9:28Please beg the Lord to end this terrifying thunder and hail. We’ve had enough. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

Commentaries on Psalms 78:48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48He gave up their cattle - See on Exodus 9:23; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48He gave up their cattle also to the hail - Margin, he shut up. Exodus 9:22-25. And their flocks to hot thunderbolts - Margin, lightnings. The original word means flame; then, lightning. There is no allusion in the word to the idea of a bolt, or shaft, accompanying the lightning or the thunder, by which destruction is produced. The destruction is caused by the lightning, and not by the thunder, and it is hardly necessary to say that there is no shaft or…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

Topics related to Psalms 78:48

• Egyptians
• God Continued...
• Hail
• Lightning
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
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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