Psalms 78:26

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made the east wind blow in the skiesand drove the south wind by his might.

Hebrew Names Version
He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

King James Version
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

English Standard Version
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;

New Century Version
He sent the east wind from heaven and led the south wind by his power.

New English Translation
He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

Amplified Bible
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His [unlimited] power He guided the south wind.

New American Standard Bible
He made the east wind blow in the sky And by His power He directed the south wind.

World English Bible
He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He caused the Eastwinde to passe in the heauen, and through his power he brought in the Southwinde.

Legacy Standard Bible
He led forth the east wind in the heavensAnd by His strength He guided the south wind.

Berean Standard Bible
He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

Contemporary English Version
God's mighty power brought a strong wind from the southeast,

Complete Jewish Bible
He stirred up the east wind in heaven, brought on the south wind by his power,

Darby Translation
He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

Easy-to-Read Version
He sent a strong wind from the east, and by his power he made the south wind blow.

George Lamsa Translation
He caused winds to blow in the skies; and by his power he brought in the south wind.

Good News Translation
He also caused the east wind to blow, and by his power he stirred up the south wind;

Lexham English Bible
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens and drove along the south wind by his strength.

Literal Translation
He made an east wind blow in the heavens; and He led out the south wind by His power.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then ate they angels fode, for he sent them meate ynough.

American Standard Version
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

Bible in Basic English
He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; and by His power He brought on the south wind.

King James Version (1611)
He caused an East wind to blow in the heauen: and by his power hee brought in the South wind.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He remoued the east winde from vnder the heauen: and through his power he brought in the south winde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He removed the south wind from heaven; and by his might he brought in the south-west wind.

English Revised Version
He caused the east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he guided the south wind.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He turnede ouere the south wynde fro heuene; and he brouyte in bi his vertu the weste wynde.

Update Bible Version
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

Webster's Bible Translation
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

New King James Version
He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind.

New Living Translation
He released the east wind in the heavens and guided the south wind by his mighty power.

New Life Bible
He made the east wind blow in the heavens. And He brought in the south wind by His power.

New Revised Standard
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He let loose an east wind in the heavens, Then guided he, in his might, a south wind;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(77-26) He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind.

Revised Standard Version
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;

Young's Literal Translation
He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His power He directed the south wind.

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

He caused: Psalms 135:7, Numbers 11:31

blow: Heb. go

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:13 - east wind Psalms 105:40 - asked Jeremiah 51:16 - bringeth Acts 27:13 - the south Revelation 16:2 - a noisome

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens,.... In the airy heaven: or "he caused it to go" f; to go forth out of its place, out of the repositories and treasures of it, from whence he brings the wind, Psalms 130:7 the winds are under the power and government of God, they are his servants that obey him; he says to one, Go, and it goes; and to another, Come, and it comes; stormy wind fulfils his word of command, and obeys its Creator:

and by his power he brought in the south wind; into the heavens, into the air, as before, and with it he brought the quails; and which made his power to appear the greater, since they do not fly with the south wind, which is too moist and heavy for them, as naturalists observe g; it looks as if first one wind blew, and then another was used for the bringing of them from the place where they were; perhaps about the Red sea, where they are said to have been in great numbers; and that the east wind brought them to a certain point, and then the south wind blew to bring them into the camp of Israel, where, by the moistness of it, they fell; hence fowlers, as the above naturalists relate, observe the south wind, in order to take them; though it may be that only one wind is intended, namely, the southeast wind; and so Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, understand it.

f יסע "fecit proficisci", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus. g Aristot. de Hist. Animal. l. 8. c. 12. Plin. Hist. l. 10. c. 23.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven - See Numbers 11:31. In the history, the quarter from which the wind came is not mentioned, except as it might be indicated by the statement that the “quails were brought from the sea;” - that is, evidently, the Red Sea. This wind would have come from the southeast. The phrase “in the heaven” means in the air, or from above.

And by his power ... - By his direct agency. It was a wind which he caused to blow for the purpose; a miracle.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 78:26. He caused an east wind to blow — Numbers 11:31.