Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 78:47
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 flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 46He gave also their increase to the caterpiller, and their labour to the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost. 48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them .
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:47 word by word
יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 78:47
- Psalms 105:32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
- Exodus 9:18Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
- 1 Chronicles 27:28And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
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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