Psalms 78:24

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He rained manna for them to eat;he gave them grain from heaven.

Hebrew Names Version
He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.

King James Version
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

English Standard Version
and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.

New Century Version
He rained manna down on them to eat; he gave them grain from heaven.

New English Translation
He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

Amplified Bible
And He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them the grain of heaven.

New American Standard Bible
He rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

World English Bible
He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And had rained downe MAN vpon them for to eate, and had giuen them of the wheate of heauen.

Legacy Standard Bible
He rained down manna upon them to eatAnd gave them grain from heaven.

Berean Standard Bible
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

Contemporary English Version
From heaven he sent grain that they called manna.

Complete Jewish Bible
He rained down man on them as food; he gave them grain from heaven —

Darby Translation
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.

George Lamsa Translation
And had rained down manna for them to eat and had given them of the bread of heaven.

Good News Translation
he gave them grain from heaven, by sending down manna for them to eat.

Lexham English Bible
and rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.

Literal Translation
and He rained on them manna to eat; yea, He gave the grain of the heavens to them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So he commauded the cloudes aboue, and opened the dores of heauen.

American Standard Version
And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

Bible in Basic English
And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.

King James Version (1611)
And had rained downe Manna vpon them to eate, and had giuen them of the corne of heauen.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He raigned downe Manna also vpon them, that they shoulde eate: and gaue them corne from heauen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and rained upon them manna to eat, and gave them the bread of heaven.

English Revised Version
And he rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them of the corn of heaven.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he reynede to hem manna for to eete; and he yaf to hem breed of heuene.

Update Bible Version
And he rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

Webster's Bible Translation
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

New King James Version
Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven.

New Living Translation
He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them bread from heaven.

New Life Bible
He sent down bread from heaven for them to eat. He gave them food from heaven.

New Revised Standard
he rained down on them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And had rained on them manna to eat, And, the corn of the heavens, had given to them:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(77-24) And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.

Revised Standard Version
and he rained down upon them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.

Young's Literal Translation
And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven.

Contextual Overview

⁹The Ephraimites, armed to the teeth, ran off when the battle began. They were cowards to God's Covenant, refused to walk by his Word. They forgot what he had done— marvels he'd done right before their eyes. He performed miracles in plain sight of their parents in Egypt, out on the fields of Zoan. He split the Sea and they walked right through it; he piled the waters to the right and the left. He led them by day with a cloud, led them all the night long with a fiery torch. He split rocks in the wilderness, gave them all they could drink from underground springs; He made creeks flow out from sheer rock, and water pour out like a river. ¹⁷All they did was sin even more, rebel in the desert against the High God. They tried to get their own way with God, clamored for favors, for special attention. They whined like spoiled children, "Why can't God give us a decent meal in this desert? Sure, he struck the rock and the water flowed, creeks cascaded from the rock. But how about some fresh-baked bread? How about a nice cut of meat?" ²¹When God heard that, he was furious— his anger flared against Jacob, he lost his temper with Israel. It was clear they didn't believe God, had no intention of trusting in his help. But God helped them anyway, commanded the clouds and gave orders that opened the gates of heaven. He rained down showers of manna to eat, he gave them the Bread of Heaven. They ate the bread of the mighty angels; he sent them all the food they could eat. He let East Wind break loose from the skies, gave a strong push to South Wind. This time it was birds that rained down— succulent birds, an abundance of birds. He aimed them right for the center of their camp; all round their tents there were birds. They ate and had their fill; he handed them everything they craved on a platter. But their greed knew no bounds; they stuffed their mouths with more and more. Finally, God was fed up, his anger erupted— he cut down their brightest and best, he laid low Israel's finest young men. ³²And—can you believe it?—they kept right on sinning; all those wonders and they still wouldn't believe! So their lives dribbled off to nothing— nothing to show for their lives but a ghost town. When he cut them down, they came running for help; they turned and pled for mercy. They gave witness that God was their rock, that High God was their redeemer, But they didn't mean a word of it; they lied through their teeth the whole time. They could not have cared less about him, wanted nothing to do with his Covenant. ³⁸And God? Compassionate! Forgave the sin! Didn't destroy! Over and over he reined in his anger, restrained his considerable wrath. He knew what they were made of; he knew there wasn't much to them, How often in the desert they had spurned him, tried his patience in those wilderness years. Time and again they pushed him to the limit, provoked Israel's Holy God. How quickly they forgot what he'd done, forgot their day of rescue from the enemy, When he did miracles in Egypt, wonders on the plain of Zoan. He turned the River and its streams to blood— not a drop of water fit to drink. He sent flies, which ate them alive, and frogs, which bedeviled them. He turned their harvest over to caterpillars, everything they had worked for to the locusts. He flattened their grapevines with hail; a killing frost ruined their orchards. He pounded their cattle with hail, let thunderbolts loose on their herds. His anger flared, a wild firestorm of havoc, An advance guard of disease-carrying angels to clear the ground, preparing the way before him. He didn't spare those people, he let the plague rage through their lives. He killed all the Egyptian firstborns, lusty infants, offspring of Ham's virility. Then he led his people out like sheep, took his flock safely through the wilderness. He took good care of them; they had nothing to fear. The Sea took care of their enemies for good. He brought them into his holy land, this mountain he claimed for his own. He scattered everyone who got in their way; he staked out an inheritance for them— the tribes of Israel all had their own places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

had rained: Psalms 68:9, Psalms 105:40, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:14, Deuteronomy 8:3, Nehemiah 9:15, Nehemiah 9:20, John 6:31-71; 1 Corinthians 10:3

the corn of heaven: The manna fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed degan shamayim, the corn of heaven or heavenly grain. See note on Exodus 16:22, and see note on Psalms 78:31.

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:11 - windows Exodus 16:35 - forty years Numbers 21:5 - and our soul Deuteronomy 29:6 - eaten bread 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And had rained down manna upon them to eat,.... So called, either from מנה, "manah", which signifies to prepare, appoint, and distribute, because this was food prepared of God for the Israelites without them, and was their provision, their appointed portion, and which was daily distributed to them in measure; or from the words

מן הו, "man hu", what is it? which they used at first sight of the manna, they not knowing what it was, and hence called it "man"; or "manna"; this the Lord rained down from heaven, as he promised he would, that they might have food to eat; see Exodus 16:4

and had given them of the corn of heaven; bread corn springs out of the earth, but this was corn from heaven, very unusual and wonderful; this greatly aggravated the unbelief of the Israelites, and shows their great ingratitude, that after all this they should disbelieve the Lord, and not trust in his salvation; the manna was a type of Christ, who is called the hidden manna, 1 Corinthians 10:3,

1 Corinthians 10:3- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And had rained down manna upon them to eat - Exodus 16:4-5, Exodus 16:14; Numbers 11:7-9. Compare the notes at John 6:31.

And had given them of the corn of heaven - Food that seemed to come down from heaven. The reference here is to the manna, and it is called corn in the sense that it was food, or that it supplied the place of grain. It may also have been called corn from its resemblance to grain. See Exodus 16:31.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:24. The corn of heaven. — The manna. It fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed heavenly corn, or heavenly grain, דגן שמים degan shamayim. The word shamayim is frequently taken to express the atmosphere.