Psalms 78:48 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 78:48

He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.

BSB

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ASV

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

KJV

He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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Commentary

1 voice

Hippolytus of Rome

Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture - On Psalm LXXVII. Or LXXVIII. (235)

"He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their substance to the fire." Symmachus renders it: "Who gave up their cattle to the plague, and their possessions to birds."

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר	vai.yas.Ger	and he delivered up	H5462 →
לַבָּרָ֣ד	la.ba.Rad	to <the> hail	H1259 →
בְּעִירָ֑ם	be.'i.Ram	cattle their	H1165 →
וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם	u.mik.nei.Hem	and livestock their	H4735 →
לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃	la.re.sha.Fim	to <the> lightning bolts	H7565 →

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Through
Exodus 9:28
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
leads to
- Exodus 8:8
  Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the…
- Exodus 10:17
  Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
- Exodus 8:28
  Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
- Psalms 29:3–4
  The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
- Acts 8:24
  Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
Through
Exodus 9:19
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail…
leads to
- Habakkuk 3:2
  O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms