Psalms 78:13

What does Psalms 78:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 78:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;

Context

v.12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

v.13This passage

v.14In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 66:6

    He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.

  • Psalms 38:7

    For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

  • Exodus 15:8

    And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

  • Joshua 3:16

    that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:2

    and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

  • Exodus 14:21

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

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