King James Version
Psalms 106:22 in the King James Version says “Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.”
Psalms 106:22 · KJV
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: the pleasant: Heb. a land of desire
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Wondrous works”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“sea”
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 artif
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