King James Version
Psalms 78:15 in the King James Version says “He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.”
Psalms 78:15 · KJV
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the rocks”
H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“and gave them drink”
H8248to quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
“depths”
H8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
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