Psalm 78:16

Translations

Modern

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

Traditional

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

Literal

And He brought forth streams from the rock, and made waters come down like the rivers.

Latin

Et eduxit aquam de petra, et deduxit tamquam flumina aquas.

Original

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English

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

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.

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Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Numbers 20:10–11
Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
Numbers 20:8
“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
Deuteronomy 8:15
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
Psalm 105:41
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

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