Psalms 105 · Verse 40

Psalms 105:40

The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Psalms 105:40, King James Version

Psalms 105:40 in other translations

BSBThey asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
WEBThey asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
ASVThey asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
YLTThey have asked, and He bringeth quails, And with bread of heaven satisfieth them.
DARBYThey asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
BBEAt the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.
WebsterThe people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

What does Psalms 105:40 mean?

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 105:40 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁאַ֣לsha.'Alhe askedH7592
וַיָּבֵ֣אvai.ya.Ve'and he broughtH935
שְׂלָ֑וse.LavquailH7958
וְלֶ֥חֶםve.Le.chemand bread ofH3899
שָׁ֝מַ֗יִםSha.Ma.yimheavensH8064
יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽם\׃yas.bi.'Emhe satisfied themH7646

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Cross references for Psalms 105:40

  • Psalms 78:18

    And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

  • Numbers 11:31-33

    And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

  • Joshua 5:12

    And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

  • John 6:48-58

    I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. …

  • John 6:31-33

    Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

  • Nehemiah 9:20

    Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

  • Deuteronomy 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 by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

  • Psalms 78:23-28

    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. He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. …

  • Numbers 11:4-9

    And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. …

  • Exodus 16:12-35

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
asked.
78:18,26-28; Ex 16:12,13; Nu 11:4-6,31-33
satisfied.
Ex 16:14-35; Nu 11:7-9; De 8:3; Jos 5:12; Ne 9:20
bread.
78:23-25; Joh 6:31-33,48-58

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Context

  • Psalms 105:39

    He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

  • Psalms 105:40

    The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

  • Psalms 105:41

    He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

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Psalms 105:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pidieron, é hizo venir codornices; y saciólos de pan del cielo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils demandèrent, et il fit venir des cailles, et il les rassasia du pain des cieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie forderten, und er ließ Wachteln kommen; und mit Himmelsbrot sättigte er sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et iratus est furore Dominus in populum suum, et abominatus est hæreditatem suam.