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Psalms 78:16

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • KJV King James Version

    He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

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Cross-references (5)

Passages linked to Psalms 78:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Numbers 20:10-11 Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?” Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
  • Numbers 20:8 “Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.”
  • Deuteronomy 8:15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
  • Psalms 105:41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
  • Deuteronomy 9:21 I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.

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Explain this verse (8 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 78:16 He brought streams also out of the…

Psa 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Ver. 16. He brought streams also out of the rock] Idem enuntiat per Epexegesim, ad miraculi magnitudinem ostendendam. The same again, to set forth the greatness of the miracle. This was a standing miracle, as was also the pillar of cloud, the pillar of fire, and the manna.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which did miraculously follow them in all their travails…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they sinned yet more against him,.... Or, "and…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Streams - Which miraculously followed them in all their…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He brought streams also out of the rock ...…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Caused waters to run down like rivers—An important…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Rock.—Rather, cliff—sela, the word always used of the…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 16. The supply of water was as plenteous…

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