Psalms 105:28

What does Psalms 105:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 105:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Context

v.27They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

v.28This passage

v.29He turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Peter 2:17

    These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

  • Joel 2:31

    The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

  • Exodus 10:21

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

  • Joel 2:2

    a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

  • Psalms 99:7

    He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them.

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