Psalms 78:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread `is' He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

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  • Num 20:11 : 11 and Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts.
  • Gen 18:12-14 : 12 and Abraham and Sarah `are' aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah; 13 and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also `is' old!' 14 And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why `is' this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'
  • Exod 17:6-7 : 6 Lo, I am standing before thee there on the rock in Horeb, and thou hast smitten on the rock, and waters have come out from it, and the people have drunk.' And Moses doth so before the eyes of the elders of Israel, 7 and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the `strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their `trying' Jehovah, saying, `Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'
  • Num 11:18 : 18 `And unto the people thou dost say, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow, and ye have eaten flesh (for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who doth give us flesh? for we `had' good in Egypt) -- and Jehovah hath given to you flesh, and ye have eaten.
  • Num 11:21-23 : 21 And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen `are' the people in whose midst I `am'; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days! 22 Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? -- are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them -- that one hath found for them?' 23 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Is the hand of Jehovah become short? now thou dost see whether My word meeteth thee or not.'
  • Ps 78:41 : 41 Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:15-19
    5 verses
    84%

    15He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.

    16And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.

    17And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

    18And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

    19And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

  • Ps 105:40-41
    2 verses
    81%

    40They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And `with' bread of heaven satisfieth them.

    41He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- a river.

  • Isa 48:21
    80%

    21And they have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters.

  • Num 20:10-11
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    80%

    10and Moses and Aaron assemble the assembly unto the front of the rock, and he saith to them, `Hear, I pray you, O rebels, from this rock do we bring out to you water?'

    11and Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts.

  • Exod 17:2-7
    6 verses
    79%

    2and the people strive with Moses, and say, `Give us water, and we drink.' And Moses saith to them, `What? -- ye strive with me, what? -- ye try Jehovah?'

    3and the people thirst there for water, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, `Why `is' this? -- thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to put us to death, also our sons and our cattle, with thirst.'

    4And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, `What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.'

    5And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pass over before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod with which thou hast smitten the River take in thy hand, and thou hast gone:

    6Lo, I am standing before thee there on the rock in Horeb, and thou hast smitten on the rock, and waters have come out from it, and the people have drunk.' And Moses doth so before the eyes of the elders of Israel,

    7and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the `strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their `trying' Jehovah, saying, `Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'

  • Ps 114:8
    79%

    8He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!

  • Num 20:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

    8`Take the rod, and assemble the company, thou and Aaron thy brother; and ye have spoken unto the rock before their eyes, and it hath given its water, and thou hast brought out to them water from the rock, and hast watered the company, and their beasts.'

  • Neh 9:15
    76%

    15and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

  • Num 11:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen `are' the people in whose midst I `am'; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days!

    22Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? -- are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them -- that one hath found for them?'

  • Deut 8:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst -- where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;

    16who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

  • Ps 78:27-29
    3 verses
    74%

    27And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl,

    28And causeth `it' to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

    29And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.

  • Ps 78:21
    74%

    21Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

  • Num 11:13
    73%

    13Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat.

  • Ps 78:44
    73%

    44And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.

  • Ps 78:40
    72%

    40How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

  • Exod 15:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24And the people murmur against Moses, saying, `What do we drink?'

    25and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them,

  • Neh 9:20
    71%

    20`And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst,

  • Num 21:5
    71%

    5and the people speak against God, and against Moses, `Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.'

  • Num 21:16
    71%

    16And from thence `they journeyed' to Beer; it `is' the well `concerning' which Jehovah said to Moses, `Gather the people, and I give to them -- water.'

  • Ps 78:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

    24And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

    25Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

  • Deut 32:13
    70%

    13He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;

  • Job 12:15
    70%

    15Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

  • Ps 107:35
    70%

    35He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.

  • Num 11:18
    70%

    18`And unto the people thou dost say, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow, and ye have eaten flesh (for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who doth give us flesh? for we `had' good in Egypt) -- and Jehovah hath given to you flesh, and ye have eaten.

  • Ps 78:13
    70%

    13He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

  • Num 11:33
    70%

    33The flesh is yet between their teeth -- it is not yet cut off -- and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people -- a very great smiting;

  • Num 11:4
    70%

    4And the rabble who `are' in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, `Who doth give us flesh?

  • Ps 147:18
    69%

    18He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow -- the waters flow.

  • Ps 105:29
    69%

    29He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.

  • Job 28:9
    69%

    9Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.