Psalm 78:15 “He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant a…”

Psalm 78:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

American Standard Version

He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

Geneva Bible 1599

He claue the rockes in the wildernes, and gaue them drinke as of the great depths.

Darby Translation

He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

Young's Literal Translation

He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.

Bible in Basic English

The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

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Cross references

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

Exodus 17:6 Psalm 105:41 Numbers 20:11 1 Corinthians 10:4 Psalm 114:8 Isaiah 41:18

Exodus 17:6 · BSB

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.

Psalm 105:41 · BSB

He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

Numbers 20:11 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 10:4 · BSB

and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Psalm 114:8 · BSB

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

Isaiah 41:18 · BSB

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.

Also

Isaiah 48:21

Isaiah 48:21 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

16He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

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