Psalms 78 · Verse 55

Psalms 78:55

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Psalms 78:55, King James Version

Psalms 78:55 in other translations

BSBHe drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
WEBHe also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
ASVHe drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
YLTAnd casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,
DARBYAnd he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
BBEDriving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place.
WebsterHe cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

What does Psalms 78:55 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
55. by line--or, the portion thus measured. divided them--that is, the heathen, put for their possessions, so tents--that is, of the heathen (compare De 6:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 78:55 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁvay.Ga.reshand he drove outH1644
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֨ם\׀mi.pe.nei.Hemfrom before themH6440
גּוֹיִ֗םgo.YimnationsH1471
וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵםVai.ya.pi.lemand he made fall themH5307
בְּחֶ֣בֶלbe.Che.velby a measuring-line ofH2256
נַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.LahinheritanceH5159
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ןvai.yash.Kenand he caused to dwellH7931
בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םbe.'o.ho.lei.Hemin tents theirH168
שִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Psalms 78:55

  • Joshua 13:7

    Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

  • Psalms 44:2

    How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

  • Nehemiah 9:22-25

    Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

  • Deuteronomy 6:10-12

    And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Joshua 6:1-21

    Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. …

  • Numbers 33:54

    And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

  • Psalms 136:18-22

    And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: …

  • Psalms 105:44-45

    And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Joshua 19:51

    These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

  • Psalms 135:10-12

    Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

  • Joshua 23:4

    Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

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cost.
44:2; 105:44,45; 135:10-12; 136:18-22; Jos 6:1-21:45; Ne 9:22-25
divided.
Nu 33:54; Jos 13:7; 19:51
and made.
De 6:10-12

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Context

  • Psalms 78:54

    And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

  • Psalms 78:55

    He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Psalms 78:56

    Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

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Psalms 78:55 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y echó las gentes de delante de ellos, y repartióles una herencia con cuerdas; é hizo habitar en sus moradas á las tribus de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il chassa de devant eux les nations, et leur partagea un héritage, et fit habiter dans leurs tentes les tribus d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er vertrieb Nationen vor ihnen, und verloste sie als Schnur des Erbteils und ließ in ihren Zelten wohnen die Stämme Israels.