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Psalms 78:27

78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. to blow: Heb. to go
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: feathered: Heb. fowl of wing

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He rained also meat on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

He rained flesh also on them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

What does Psalms 78:27 mean?

Psalms 78:27 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָטַר (mâṭar), שְׁאֵר (shᵉʼêr), עָפָר (ʻâphâr).

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He
rainedמָטַרmâṭar/maw-tar'/H4305to rain
fleshשְׁאֵרshᵉʼêr/sheh-ayr'/H7607flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
also
upon
them
as
dust,עָפָרʻâphâr/aw-fawr'/H6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
and
featheredכָּנָףkânâph/kaw-nawf'/H3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
fowlsעוֹףʻôwph/ofe/H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
like
as
the
sandחוֹלchôwl/khole/H2344sand (as round or whirling particles)
of
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
feathered:
Heb.
fowl
of
wing

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:27.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 22:17

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; shore: Heb. lip

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. spread: Heb. break forth

Genesis 32:12

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 41:49

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

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What does Psalms 78:27 say?

Psalms 78:27 (King James Version) reads: "He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: feathered: Heb. fowl of wing"

Is Psalms 78:27 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:27 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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