Psalms 105:33

33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

Psalms 105:33 in Other Translations

33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

33 He struck down their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

33 He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees.

33 He wasted their vines and fig trees, smashed their groves of trees to splinters;

33 He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory.

Psalms 105:33 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 105:33

He smote their vines also, and their fig trees
So that they died; for in ( Psalms 78:47 ) , it is said, he "killed" them; and it is not only used in common speech with us, but with classical writers ^F2 to speak of killing inanimate things, as trees, herbs That is, the hail smote them, or God by the hail; these are particularly mentioned because most useful, producing grapes and figs.

And brake the trees of their coasts:
all the trees within the borders of their land, ( Exodus 9:25 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 "----interice messes", Virgil. Georgic. l. 4. "Neque herbas crescere et interfici", Ciceron. Oeconom: ex Xenophon, l. 3.

Psalms 105:33 In-Context

31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.

32 He turned their rain into hail, with lightning throughout their land;

33 he struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

34 He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

35 they ate up every green thing in their land, ate up the produce of their soil.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 78:47
• 2. Exodus 10:5,12