Psalms 105:41
39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
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 opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
- KJV
- He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
- WEB
- He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
- ASV
- He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.
- DARBY
- He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
- BLB
- He opened the rock, and waters gushed from it; they went forth in the desert like a river.
- ÅB
- Han åpnet klippen, og det fløt vann; det løp gjennom det tørre land som en strøm.
- OTB
- Han åpnet klippen og vann strømmet ut;
Det fløt som en elv gjennom ørkenen. - B1930
- Han åpnet klippen, og det fløt vann; det løp gjennem det tørre land som en strøm.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextNumbers 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.
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextPsalms 114:8
who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextPsalms 78:15–16
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
Read in contextPsalms 78:20
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
Read in contextNehemiah 9:15
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
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