Psalms 77:20

What does Psalms 77:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 77:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You were guiding your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou hast led as a flock Thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide a table for his people?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Context

v.19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

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Cross references

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

  • Psalms 80:1

    Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.

  • Exodus 13:21

    And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:

  • Hosea 12:13

    And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

  • Isaiah 63:11

    Then he remembered the days of old, Mosesandhis people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?

  • Psalms 78:52

    But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

  • Acts 7:35

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

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