Psalms 78:15
He used to cleave rocks in the desert, And let them drink as out of mighty deeps;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
In Context
14And led them, by a cloud, in the daytime, And all the night, by a light of fire;
16And he brought forth streams out of the cliff, And caused waters to flow down, like rivers.
Cross References
Exodus 17:6Behold me! standing before thee, there upon the rock in Horeb, then shalt thou smite the rock and there shall come forth therefrom water, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Psalms 105:41He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;
Isaiah 41:18I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains,—I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;
Isaiah 48:21And they thirsted not, when, through dry places, he led them, Waters out of the rock, caused he to flow out to them,—Yea be cleft a rock and, there gushed out waters:
1 Corinthians 10:4And, all, drank, the same spiritual drink,—for they continued to drink of the spiritual rock that followed them, and, the rock, was the Christ:—
Revelation 22:17And, the Spirit and the Bride, say—Come! and, he that heareth, let him say—Come! and, he that is athirst, let him come,—he that will, let him take of the water of life, freely.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →