Psalms Chapter 78 verse 48 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 78:48

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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BBE Psalms 78:48

Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.
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DARBY Psalms 78:48

And he delivered up their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
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KJV Psalms 78:48

He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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WBT Psalms 78:48

He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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WEB Psalms 78:48

He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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YLT Psalms 78:48

And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 48. - He gave up their cattle also to the hall (comp. Exodus 9:19-21, 25). And their flocks to hot thunderbolts (see Exodus 9:24, 28, 29, 34). The "fire which ran along the ground" (Exodus 9:23) must have been caused by electrified clouds of high tension; the highly charged drops of rain meeting the inductively charged earth, and sparking across when within striking distance. This is believed to accompany every thunderstorm, though generally invisible to the eye. When exceptionally severe, it would convey the idea of running fire, and would of course be very destructive of life. It is no wonder that most of the cattle which were left "in the field" died (Exodus 9:21, 25).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(48) Hail.--Some copies read "pestilence," which from its association with resheph, as in Habakkuk 3:5, a word there denoting some contagious malady (comp. Deuteronomy 32:24; see Note Psalm 76:3), is probably to be preferred here though the authority of the LXX. is against it. If so, we must refer this verse to the murrain that came on the cattle.