Psalm 78:15

Translations

Modern

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

Traditional

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Literal

He split open the rocks in the wilderness, and gave to drink, like the depths in abundance.

Latin

Interrupit petram in eremo, et adaquavit eos velut in abysso multa.

Original

Hebrew

English

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

Notes

Psalms 78:12–16

The focus shifts from Ephraim (Psalm 78:9–11) to all of Israel. The psalmist thinks about God's power in Egypt (see Psalm 81:4–7) and in the wilderness.

Psalms 78:1–72

This wisdom psalm urges people to learn wisdom and share it faithfully.

Theme notes and profiles

Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
Psalm 105:41
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
1 Corinthians 10:4
…and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
Psalm 114:8
…who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
Isaiah 43:20
The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
Isaiah 48:21
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
John 7:37–38
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

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