Psalms 78:48

48 He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.

Psalms 78:48 in Other Translations

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

48 He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts.

48 He abandoned their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.

48 He pounded their cattle with hail, let thunderbolts loose on their herds.

48 He handed over their livestock to hail and their cattle to lightning bolts.

Psalms 78:48 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:48

He gave up their cattle also to the hail
For the hail fell upon man and beast, as well as upon herbs and trees, ( Exodus 9:22 Exodus 9:25 ) ,

and their flocks to hot thunderbolts:
which were killed by them: this is to be understood of the fire that was mingled with the hail, and ran upon the ground, and destroyed their flocks, ( Exodus 9:23 Exodus 9:24 ) . Jarchi, out of the Midrash, interprets the words of fowls which devoured the sheep killed by the hail.

Psalms 78:48 In-Context

46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.

48 He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.

49 He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.

50 He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 9:25