Psalms 105:32

He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
gave	נָתַ֣ן na.Tan	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hail	בָּרָ֑ד ba.Rad	H1259	hail · noun, common masculine singular absolute
rain	גִּשְׁמֵיהֶ֣ם gish.mei.Hem	H1653	a shower · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
flaming	לֶהָב֣וֹת le.ha.Vot	H3852	a flash · noun, common feminine plural absolute
fire	אֵ֖שׁ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular construct
land	בְּאַרְצָֽם be.'ar.Tzam	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Psalms 78:47-48 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Exodus 9:18-28 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof…
Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices…
Revelation 16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague o…
Revelation 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

After the history of the patriarchs follows here the history of the people of Israel, when they grew into a nation. I. Their affliction in Egypt (Psa 105:25): He turned the heart of the Egyptians, who had protected them, to hate them and deal subtilely with them. God's goodness to his people exasperated the Egyptians against them; and, though their old antipathy to the Hebrews (which we read of Gen 43:32; Gen 46:34) was laid asleep for a while, yet now it revived with more violence than ever: formerly they hated them because they despised them, now because they feared them. They dealt subtilely with them, set all their politics on work to find out ways and means to weaken them, and waste the…

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John Gill on Psalms 105:32

He gave them hail for rain,.... Egypt, at least part of it, was not used to rain, but was watered by the overflowings of the Nile; but now it had hail for rain, and a grievous hail storm it was, such as was never seen in the land of Egypt before; hail being rare, if ever there, and so frost and snow (a); this was the seventh plague, Exodus 9:18, compare with this the terrible storm of hail which will fall on men at the pouring out of the seventh vial on spiritual Egypt, Revelation 16:21. And flaming fire in their land; for a storm of thunder and lightning went along with the hail; fire was mingled with it, and ran upon the ground, Exodus 9:23. (a) Horat. Carmin. l. 3. Ode 26.

John Calvin on Psalms 105:31-38

Psalm 105:31-38 31. He spake, and there came a swarm of flies, [226] and lice [227] in all their borders. 32. He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire upon their land. 33. And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and destroyed the trees throughout their borders. 34. He spake, and the grasshopper came, and the caterpillar [228] without number, 35. And they devoured all the herbage in their land, and consumed the fruit of their ground. 36. And he smote all the first-born in their country, even the beginning of all their strength. [229] 37. And he brought them forth with silver and gold: nor was there a feeble person among his tribes. 38. Egypt rejoiced at their departure: for their t…

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The Church Fathers

"He made their rains hail" (ver. 32). It is a similar expression to the former, "He made their land frogs;" except that the whole land was not actually turned into frogs, though the whole of the rain may have been turned into hail. "A burning fire in their land:" understand, "He sent."
— Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms, Psalm 105

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Dictionary and topics

Plague — A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity…
Hail · Plague of, in Egypt — Plague of, in Egypt
Vine, The · Frequently injured by hail and frost — Frequently injured by hail and frost

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 105:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

John Gill on Psalms 105:32

John Calvin on Psalms 105:31-38

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 105:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:25–end

John Gill on Psalms 105:32

John Calvin on Psalms 105:31-38

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 105:25-38

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 105:26-36

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 105:32