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Psalms 105:41

105:40 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.

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He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

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

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

105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

What does Psalms 105:41 mean?

Psalms 105:41 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּתַח (pâthach), צוּר (tsûwr), מַיִם (mayim).

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He
openedפָּתַחpâthach/paw-thakh'/H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
the
rock,צוּרtsûwr/tsoor/H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
and
the
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
gushed
out;זוּבzûwb/zoob/H2100to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
they
ranהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
in
the
dry
placesצִיָּהtsîyâh/tsee-yaw'/H6723aridity; concretely, a desert
like
a
river.נָהָרnâhâr/naw-hawr'/H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:41.

Genesis 2:14

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. toward: or, eastward to Assyria

Genesis 24:32

And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. continually: Heb. in going and returning

Genesis 8:5

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. decreased: Heb. were in going and decreasing

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What does Psalms 105:41 say?

Psalms 105:41 (King James Version) reads: "He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river."

Is Psalms 105:41 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:41 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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