Psalms Chapter 78 verse 47 Holy Bible
He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.
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He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.
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He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;
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He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
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He destroyed their vines with hail, Their sycamore-fig trees with frost.
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He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 47. - He destroyed their vines with hail (see Exodus 9:23-25). Here, again, there is an inversion of the order in which the plagues came, since the plague of hail preceded that of the locusts. There is also an addition to the narrative of Exodus in the mention of "vines" (see also Psalm 105:33), which may indicate a use of tradition. That vines were cultivated in Egypt is now generally acknowledged. And their sycamore trees with frost; or, with sleet - a variant of the "hail" in the other hemistich.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(47) Vines.--In the history of the plagues (Exodus 9:13-25) no mention is made either of vines or sycamores or of fig-trees, as in Psalm 105:33, and some consider that the poem reflects a Palestinian rather than an Egyptian point of view. But besides Numbers 20:5 and Joseph's dream there is abundance of evidence of the extensive cultivation of the vine in Egypt. The mural paintings contain many representations of vineyards. Wine stood prominent among the offerings to the gods, and a note on a papyrus of Rameses II. speaks of rations of wine made to workmen.Sycamore.--See 1Kings 10:27.Frost.--The Hebrew word is peculiar to this place. The LXX. and Vulg. have "hoar-frost," Aquila "ice," Symmachus "worm." The root of the word appears to mean to cut off, so that by derivation any devastating force would suit the word.
