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Psalms 77:19

77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

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Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

Your way is in the sea, and your path in the great waters, and your footsteps are not known.

77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

What does Psalms 77:19 mean?

Psalms 77:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דֶּרֶךְ (derek), יָם (yâm), שָׁבִיל (shâbîyl).

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Thy
wayדֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
is
in
the
sea,יָםyâm/yawm/H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
and
thy
pathשָׁבִילshâbîyl/shaw-beel'/H7635a track or passage-way (as if flowing along)
in
the
greatרַבrab/rab/H7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
waters,מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
and
thy
footstepsעָקֵבʻâqêb/aw-kabe'/H6119a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
are
not
known.יָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 77:19.

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

2 Chronicles 8:18

And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Exodus 13:18

But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. harnessed: or, by five in a rank

Ezekiel 19:10

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. in: or, in thy quietness, or, in thy likeness

Ezekiel 47:10

And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Ezekiel 47:19

And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. strife: or, Meribah river: or, valley is the south side southward: or, is the south side toward Teman

Ezekiel 48:28

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. strife: or, Meribahkadesh

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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What does Psalms 77:19 say?

Psalms 77:19 (King James Version) reads: "Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known."

Is Psalms 77:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 77:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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