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Selected Verse: Psalms 78:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 78:13 |
Strong Concordance |
He divided [01234] the sea [03220], and caused them to pass through [05674]; and he made the waters [04325] to stand [05324] as an heap [05067]. |
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King James |
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He divided the sea ... - The Red Sea. Exo 14:21-22.
And he made the waters to stand as an heap - The word rendered "heap" means anything piled up, or a mound; and the idea is, that the waters were piled up on each side of them as a "mound." See the notes at Psa 33:7. Compare Jos 3:13, Jos 3:16; Exo 15:8. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through - The reader is requested to consult the notes on the parallel passages marked in the margin on this verse and Psa 78:14-17, etc., where all these miracles are largely explained. |
8 And with the blast [07307] of thy nostrils [0639] the waters [04325] were gathered together [06192], the floods [05140] stood upright [05324] as an heap [05067], and the depths [08415] were congealed [07087] in the heart [03820] of the sea [03220].
16 That the waters [04325] which came down [03381] from above [04605] stood [05975] and rose up [06965] upon an [0259] heap [05067] very [03966] far [07368] from the city [05892] Adam [0121], that is beside [06654] Zaretan [06891]: and those that came down [03381] toward the sea [03220] of the plain [06160], even the salt [04417] sea [03220], failed [08552], and were cut off [03772]: and the people [05971] passed over [05674] right against Jericho [03405].
13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles [03709] of the feet [07272] of the priests [03548] that bear [05375] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], the Lord [0113] of all the earth [0776], shall rest [05117] in the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383], that the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] shall be cut off [03772] from the waters [04325] that come down [03381] from above [04605]; and they shall stand [05975] upon an [0259] heap [05067].
7 He gathereth [03664] the waters [04325] of the sea [03220] together as an heap [05067]: he layeth up [05414] the depth [08415] in storehouses [0214].
21 And Moses [04872] stretched out [05186] his hand [03027] over the sea [03220]; and the LORD [03068] caused the sea [03220] to go [03212] back by a strong [05794] east [06921] wind [07307] all that night [03915], and made [07760] the sea [03220] dry [02724] land, and the waters [04325] were divided [01234].
22 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [0935] into the midst [08432] of the sea [03220] upon the dry [03004] ground: and the waters [04325] were a wall [02346] unto them on their right hand [03225], and on their left [08040].
14 In the daytime [03119] also he led [05148] them with a cloud [06051], and all the night [03915] with a light [0216] of fire [0784].
15 He clave [01234] the rocks [06697] in the wilderness [04057], and gave them drink [08248] as out of the great [07227] depths [08415].
16 He brought [03318] streams [05140] also out of the rock [05553], and caused waters [04325] to run down [03381] like rivers [05104].
17 And they sinned [02398] yet more [03254] against him by provoking [04784] the most High [05945] in the wilderness [06723].