Psalms 78:45
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms 78:45 in other translations
| BSB | He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. |
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| WEB | He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. |
| ASV | He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them. |
| YLT | He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them, |
| DARBY | He sent dog-flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them; |
| BBE | He sent different sorts of flies among them, poisoning their flesh; and frogs for their destruction. |
| Webster | He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. |
What does Psalms 78:45 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:40-55
Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth…
Psalms 78:45 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 78:45
- Exodus 8:21-24
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
- Exodus 8:2-15
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. …
- Psalms 105:30-31
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
- Revelation 16:3
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
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105:31; Ex 8:21-24
frogs.
105:30; Ex 8:2-15; Re 16:3
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Context
- Psalms 78:44
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
- Psalms 78:45
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
- Psalms 78:46
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Psalms 78:45 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Envió entre ellos una mistura de moscas que los comían, y ranas que los destruyeron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il envoya contre eux des mouches qui les dévorèrent, et des grenouilles qui les détruisirent; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er sandte Hundsfliegen unter sie, welche sie fraßen, und Frösche, die sie verderbten. |