King James Version
Psalms 105:40 in the King James Version says “The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.”
Psalms 105:40 · KJV
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“them with the bread”
H3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
“of heaven”
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 r
“and satisfied”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
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