Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

New American Standard Bible

He split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths.

King James Version

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Holman Bible

He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.

International Standard Version

He caused the rocks to split in the wilderness, and gave them water as from an abundant sea.

American Standard Version

He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

Amplified


He split rocks in the wilderness
And gave them abundant [water to] drink like the ocean depths.

Bible in Basic English

The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

Darby Translation

He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

Julia Smith Translation

He will rend the rocks in the desert, and give drink as the great abyss.

King James 2000

He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He caused rocks to split in the wilderness and provided drink abundantly as [from the] depths.

Modern King James verseion

He split the rocks in the wilderness, and let them drink, as from the great depths.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He clove the hard rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth.

NET Bible

He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

New Heart English Bible

He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

The Emphasized Bible

He used to cleave rocks in the desert, And let them drink as out of mighty deeps;

Webster

He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

World English Bible

He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

Youngs Literal Translation

He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.


Cross References

Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb, and thou shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Numbers 20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice, and water came forth abundantly. And the congregation drank, and their cattle.

Psalm 105:41

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran in the dry places [like] a river.

Psalm 114:8

who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

1 Corinthians 10:4

and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was the Christ.

Isaiah 41:18

I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 43:20

The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

Isaiah 48:21

And they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.

John 7:37-38

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus had stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

Revelation 22:1

And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he who hears, let him say, Come. And he who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

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