PSA 78:23 Parallel View

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UST But God spoke to the sky above them
⇔ and commanded it to open like a door,

BSB  ⇔ Yet He commanded the clouds above
⇔ and opened the doors of the heavens.

OEB So he summoned the clouds above;
⇔ and, opening the doors of heaven,

WEB Yet he commanded the skies above,
⇔ and opened the doors of heaven.

NET He gave a command to the clouds above,
 ⇔ and opened the doors in the sky.

LSV And He commands clouds from above,
Indeed, He has opened doors of the heavens.

FBV Even so he commanded the skies above and the doors of heaven to open,

T4T But God spoke to the sky above them;
⇔ he commanded it to open like a door,

LEB • the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,

BBE And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

MOF So, at his bidding, from the skies,
⇔ as he opened the sluices of heaven,

JPS And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

ASV Yet he commanded the skies above,
 ⇔ And opened the doors of heaven;

DRA No DRA PSA 78:23 verse available

YLT And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

DBY Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

RV Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

WBS Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

KJB Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

BB And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue: and opened the doores of heauen.
(And yet he commanded the clouds aboue: and opened the doors of heaven.)

GNV Yet he had comanded the clouds aboue, and had opened the doores of heauen,
(Yet he had comanded the clouds aboue, and had opened the doors of heaven, )

CB Because they beleued not in God, and put not their trust in his helpe.
(Because they believed not in God, and put not their trust in his helpe.)

WYC No WYC PSA 78:23 verse available

LUT Und er gebot den Wolken droben und tat auf die Türen des Himmels;
(And he gebot the Wolken droben and tat on the Türen the heavens;)

CLV No CLV PSA 78:23 verse available

BRN No BRN PSA 78:23 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 78:23 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

he commanded the skies

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded skies at,above and,doors heaven opened )

Asaph speaks of the skies as if they were a person who could hear and obey God’s commands. Alternate translation: “he spoke to the sky”

skies

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded skies at,above and,doors heaven opened )

This could mean: (1) “sky” or (2) “clouds.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

opened the doors of the sky

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded skies at,above and,doors heaven opened )

Asaph speaks of the sky as if it were a storeroom with doors. Alternate translation: “opened the sky as if it were a storeroom”

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