KJV King James Version
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
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Psalm 105:41
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
WEB World English Bible
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
ASV American Standard Version
He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places—a river.
Surrounding context — Psalm 105
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 [The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
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1 Corinthians 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.Numbers 20:11And 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 17:6Behold, 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.Isaiah 48:21And 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.Psalm 78:15-16He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.Psalm 114:8Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.Psalm 78:20Behold, 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 9:15And 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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