Psalms 105 · Verse 27

Psalms 105:27

They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms 105:27, King James Version

Psalms 105:27 in other translations

BSBThey performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
WEBThey performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
ASVThey set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
YLTThey have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
DARBYThey set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
BBEHe let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.
WebsterThey showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

What does Psalms 105:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. signs--literally, "words of signs," or rather, as "words" in Hebrew means "things," "things of His signs," that is, His marvellous tokens of power (Psa 145:5, Margin). Compare the same Hebraism (Psa 65:3, Margin).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 They showed his signs - Here is a reference to the plagues with which God afflicted the Egyptians. See Exodus 7-12 (note), Psa 78:43 (note), and the notes on them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 105:24-45

As the believer commonly thrives best in his soul when under the cross; so the church also flourishes most in true holiness, and increases in number, while under persecution. Yet instruments shall be raised up for their deliverance, and plagues may be expected by persecutors. And see the special care God took of his people in the wilderness. All the benefits bestowed on Israel as a nation, were shadows of spiritual…

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Psalms 105:27 in the original Hebrew

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שָֽׂמוּ\־sa.mu-they performedH7760
בָ֭םvamamong them
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697
אֹתוֹתָ֑יו'o.to.Tavsigns hisH226
וּ֝מֹפְתִ֗יםu.mo.fe.Timand wondersH4159
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
חָֽם\׃ChamHamH2526

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Cross references for Psalms 105:27

  • Psalms 78:43-51

    How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. …

  • Nehemiah 9:10-11

    And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • Jeremiah 32:20-21

    Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;

  • Isaiah 63:11-12

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • Exodus 7:1-11

    And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. …

  • Psalms 105:23

    Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

  • Psalms 135:8-9

    Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

  • Psalms 105:28

    He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • Psalms 106:22

    Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They.
78:43-51; 135:8,9; Ex 7:1-11:10; De 4:34; Ne 9:10,11; Isa 63:11,12
Jer 32:20,21
his signs. Heb. words of his signs. wonders.
23; 106:22

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Context

  • Psalms 105:26

    He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

  • Psalms 105:27

    They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

  • Psalms 105:28

    He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

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Psalms 105:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pusieron en ellos las palabras de sus señales, y sus prodigios en la tierra de Châm.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils opérèrent au milieu d’eux ses signes, et des prodiges dans le pays de Cham.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie taten unter ihnen seine Zeichen, und Wunder im Lande Hams.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et ut dejiceret semen eorum in nationibus, et dispergeret eos in regionibus.