Psalms 105:31
29 He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
- KJV
- He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
- WEB
- He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
- ASV
- He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
- DARBY
- He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.
- BLB
- He spoke, and the swarm came, gnats in all their country.
- ÅB
- Han talte, og det kom fluesvermer, mygg innen hele deres landemerke.
- OTB
- Han talte, og svermer av fluer kom,
Og mygg over hele deres område. - B1930
- Han talte, og det kom fluesvermer, mygg innen hele deres landemerke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 8:21–24
But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
Read in contextExodus 8:16–18
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 7:18
On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
Read in contextPsalms 78:45
He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
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