Psalm 78:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, And feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He rained flesh also upon them like the dust, and winged birds [quails] like the sand of the seas. [Num. 11:31.]

American Standard Version (1901)

He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

Common English Bible

He rained meat on them as if it were dust in the air; he rained as many birds as the sand on the seashore!

Psalm 78:27 Cross References

Numbers 11:31

Then a wind went out from the Lord, and it brought quails from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, about two cubits deep on the ground.

Numbers 11:32

So the people worked all that day and night and all the next day gathering the quails; the least anyone gathered was ten homers, and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.