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Psalms 78:16

78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

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He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

What does Psalms 78:16 mean?

Psalms 78:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָצָא (yâtsâʼ), נָזַל (nâzal), סֶלַע (çelaʻ).

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He
broughtיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
streamsנָזַלnâzal/naw-zal'/H5140to drip, or shed by trickling
also
out
of
the
rock,סֶלַעçelaʻ/seh'-lah/H5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
and
caused
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
to
run
downיָרַדyârad/yaw-rad'/H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
like
rivers.נָהָרnâhâr/naw-hawr'/H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:16.

Genesis 2:10

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Genesis 24:11

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. that: Heb. that women who draw water go forth

Genesis 24:13

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Genesis 24:43

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Genesis 24:45

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Genesis 8:7

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. to: Heb. in going forth and returning

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What does Psalms 78:16 say?

Psalms 78:16 (King James Version) reads: "He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers."

Is Psalms 78:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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