Psalms 78:23

78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

KJV

Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

What does Psalms 78:23 mean?

Psalms 78:23 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צָוָה (tsâvâh), שַׁחַק (shachaq), מַעַל (maʻal).

Hebrew interlinear

Though

had

commandedצָוָהtsâvâh/tsaw-vaw'/H6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

the

cloudsשַׁחַקshachaq/shakh'-ak/H7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament

from

above,מַעַלmaʻal/mah'al/H4605properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.

and

openedפָּתַחpâthach/paw-thakh'/H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

the

doorsדֶּלֶתdeleth/deh'-leth/H1817something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor

heaven,שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

Topics

Miracles

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:23.

1 Samuel 3:15

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

2 Chronicles 3:7

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

2 Kings 9:10

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

2 Kings 9:3

Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates

Judges 19:27

And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

Judges 3:25

And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 78:23 say?

Psalms 78:23 (King James Version) reads: "Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,"

Is Psalms 78:23 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:23 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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