The Meaning of Psalms 105:31 Explained

Psalms 105:31

KJV: He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

YLT: He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.

Darby: He spoke, and there came dog-flies, and gnats in all their borders.

ASV: He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He spake,  and there came  divers sorts of flies,  [and] lice  in all their coasts. 

What does Psalms 105:31 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 105:31-45 - Led By A Mighty Hand
Notice in this enumeration of the plagues that the emphasis in each is laid on God's direct act. He is the great agent of his own purposes. The tenth plague, Psalms 105:36, is followed by the triumphant exodus, when Israel went forth, enriched with treasure and strong for the march. However sad and weary our life may be, it will one day be rich and strong as it goes forth to serve under new and loftier conditions. How good it is to realize that God hath prepared for us things that surpass human thought, and which are proportioned not according to intellect but according to heart; not according to deeds but according to character!
God is all-sufficient for us. He was everything that Israel needed. Can He not suffice for us? We have good hope, not because of our deserts, but because of the covenant into which He has entered with our Savior, who is our Representative and Federal Head. Not for our sakes, but for His holy Name's sake, God has pledged Himself to make us His heirs, joint-heirs with His Son, and sharers in all that joy and bliss which await us on the other side. Ought we not, then, to love Him and to keep His statutes and laws? Hallelujah! [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 105

1  An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his works
7  The story of God's providence over Abraham
16  Over Joseph
23  Over Jacob in Egypt
26  Over Moses delivering the Israelites
37  Over the Israelites brought out of Egypt, fed in the desert, and planted in Canaan

What do the individual words in Psalms 105:31 mean?

He spoke and there came swarms of [flies] [And] lice in all their territory
אָ֭מַר וַיָּבֹ֣א עָרֹ֑ב כִּ֝נִּ֗ים בְּכָל־ גְּבוּלָֽם

אָ֭מַר  He  spoke 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
וַיָּבֹ֣א  and  there  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
עָרֹ֑ב  swarms  of  [flies] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָרֹב  
Sense: swarm.
כִּ֝נִּ֗ים  [And]  lice 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm.
בְּכָל־  in  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
גְּבוּלָֽם  their  territory 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.

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