Psalms 78:23
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
KJV
Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;
ASV
וַ/יְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִ/מָּ֑עַל וְ/דַלְתֵ֖י שָׁמַ֣יִם פָּתָֽח
Hebrew
And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
YLT
Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דַּלְת֣וֹת
dltvt
noun · 89×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
שְׁחָקִֽים
shchqym
noun · 21×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:3 — And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
- 1Kgs 17:6 — And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
- Deut 8:3 — And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but
- Gen 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
- Gen 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
- Hos 11:4 — I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
- Mal 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
- Ps 105:40 — The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.