He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
Parallel translations
- WEB He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
- KJV He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
- NKJV He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
- NASB He split the rocks in the wilderness And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.
- NLT He split open the rocks in the wilderness to give them water, as from a gushing spring.
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God split rocks in the wilderness and gave them water abundantly as from the deep.
Overview
The psalmist recalls God's miraculous provision of water from the rock in the dry wilderness. The abundance underscores God's generous care for His people's needs. Paul identifies that spiritual rock with Christ, who provides living water to satisfy the thirst of all who come to Him.
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- Exod 17:6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Ps 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
- Num 20:11Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- 1 Cor 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- Ps 114:8who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
- Isa 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
- Isa 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
- Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- Rev 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- Isa 43:20The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
- John 7:37–38On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
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