Psalms 105 · Verse 41

Psalms 105:41

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Psalms 105:41, King James Version

Psalms 105:41 in other translations

BSBHe opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
WEBHe opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
ASVHe opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.
YLTHe hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places--a river.
DARBYHe opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places like a river.
BBEHis hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.
WebsterHe opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

What does Psalms 105:41 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 He opened the rock, and the waters rushed out - See the note on Exo 17:6, to which I can now add, that a piece of this rock, broken off by the hand of my nephew, E. S. A. Clarke, in the course of the present year [1822,] now lies before me. It is fine granite; and so well distinguished as a granite, that the feldt-spar, the mica, and the quartz, of which granite is composed, appear very distinctly. It is worthy of remark, that, as granite is supposed, in the most accredited systems of geology, to be the very basis of the earth, the original rock, and all other substances to be superimpositions upon it, and as the decompositions of the feldt-spar produce pure vegetable earth, this rock should be used for this purpose, and should be an emblem of Jesus Christ, the Creator and Redeemer of the human race; and that it should signify him who is the basis of all things; who upholds all by the word of his power; without whom nothing is stable, nothing fruitful; from whom alone the water of life proceeds; and in whose name only is salvation. And that rock (in the wilderness) was Christ! and it is the only remaining emblem of him in creation.

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 105:41 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.

פָּ֣תַחPa.tachhe openedH6605
צ֭וּרtzura rockH6697
וַיָּז֣וּבוּvai.ya.Zu.vuand they flowed outH2100
מָ֑יִםMa.yimwatersH4325
הָ֝לְכ֗וּha.le.Khuthey wentH1980
בַּצִּיּ֥וֹתba.tzi.Yotin the dry regionsH6723
נָהָֽר\׃na.Hara riverH5104

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 105:41

  • 1 Corinthians 10:4

    And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

  • Numbers 20:11

    And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

  • Exodus 17:6

    Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

  • Psalms 114:8

    Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

  • Isaiah 48:21

    And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • Psalms 78:15-16

    He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • Psalms 78:20

    Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

  • Nehemiah 9:15

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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78:15,16,20; 114:8; Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11; Ne 9:15; Isa 48:21; 1Co 10:4

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 105:42

    For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

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Psalms 105:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Abrió la peña, y fluyeron aguas; corrieron por los secadales como un río.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il ouvrit le rocher, et les eaux en découlèrent; elles allèrent par les lieux secs, comme une rivière.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er öffnete den Felsen, und es flossen Wasser heraus; sie liefen in den dürren Örtern wie ein Strom.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tradidit eos in manus gentium; et dominati sunt eorum qui oderunt eos.