King James Version
Psalms 78:16 in the King James Version says “He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.”
Psalms 78:16 · KJV
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.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He brought”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“to run down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“like rivers”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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