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Psalms 105:41

39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 10:4

    And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

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  • Numbers 20:11

    And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

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  • Exodus 17:6

    Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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  • Psalms 114:8

    Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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  • Isaiah 48:21

    And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

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  • Psalms 78:15–16

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

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  • Psalms 78:20

    Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

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  • Nehemiah 9:15

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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