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Psalms 114:8
who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the earth and the God of Jacob, recounting the Exodus deliverance at a waterless desert location.
The words — הֹפְכִ֣י (ho.fe.Khi) means "who turned," and חַלָּמִ֗ישׁ (cha.la.Mish) translates literally to "flint."
The thread — The transformation of dry stone into water provision appears in Deuteronomy 8:15, Psalms 107:35, and Numbers 20:11.
Why it lands — The verse states God changed an impermeable rock into a water source, requiring the reader to recognize historical divine intervention over natural impossibility.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 8:15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Psalms 107:35 He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
- Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Psalms 105:41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- Psalms 78:15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
- Nehemiah 9:15 In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.