King James Version
Psalms 78:23 in the King James Version says “Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,”
Psalms 78:23 · KJV
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. Man: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the clouds”
H7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
“from above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“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 opened”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
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