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Psalms 78:52

What does Psalms 78:52 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 78:52 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;

Context

v.51And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

v.52This passage

v.53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 95:7

    For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

  • Luke 15:4

    What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

  • Psalms 100:3

    Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

  • Psalms 77:20

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

  • Jeremiah 23:2

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

  • 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?

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