Psalms 78 · Verse 47

Psalms 78:47

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

Psalms 78:47, King James Version

Psalms 78:47 in other translations

BSB	He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
WEB	He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
ASV	He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.
YLT	He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
DARBY	He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;
BBE	He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.
Webster	He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.

What does Psalms 78:47 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 78:47-48

47-48. The additional effects of the storm here mentioned (compare Ex 9:23-34) are consistent with Moses' account.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 47 He destroyed their vines with hail - Though the vine was never plentiful in Egypt, yet they have some; and the wine made in that country is among the most delicious. The leaf of the vine is often used by the Egyptians of the present day for wrapping up their mince-meat, which they lay leaf upon leaf, season it after their fashion, and so cook it, making it a most exquisite sort of food, according to Mr. Maillet. And their sycamore-trees - This tree was very useful to the ancient Egyptians, as all their coffins are made of this wood; and to the modern, as their barques are made of it. Besides, it produces a kind of fig, on which the common people in general live; and Mr. Norden observes that "they think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water from the Nile." The loss therefore of their vines and sycamore-trees must have been very distressing to the Egyptians.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Psalms 78:47 in the original Hebrew

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יַהֲרֹ֣גya.ha.Roghe killedH2026

בַּבָּרָ֣דba.ba.Radwith <the> hailH1259

גַּפְנָ֑םgaf.Namvine[s] theirH1612

וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗םve.shik.mo.Tamand sycamore-fig trees theirH8256

בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל\׃Ba.cha.na.Malwith <the> a floodH2602

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Cross references for Psalms 78:47

Exodus 9:18-34
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field. …
Psalms 105:32-33
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

destroyed. or, killed. with hail.
105:32,33; Ex 9:18-34
sycamore.From the value of the sycamore in furnishing wood for various uses, from the grateful shade which its wide spreading branches afforded, and on account of the fruit, which Mr. Maillet says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation, we may conceive somewhat of the loss they sustained when "their vines were destroyed with hail; and their sycamore trees with frost." See Note on 1 Ch 27:28.
frost. or, great hailstones.

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Context

Psalms 78:46
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Psalms 78:47
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Psalms 78:48
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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Psalms 78:47 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Sus viñas destruyó con granizo, y sus higuerales con piedra;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il fit périr leurs vignes par la grêle, et leurs sycomores par les grêlons;
German Elberfelder 1871	Ihren Weinstock schlug er nieder mit Hagel, und ihre Maulbeerfeigenbäume mit Schloßen.