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15 he guided you through the vast and terrible wilderness with its saraph[a] serpents and scorpions, its parched and waterless ground; he brought forth water for you from the flinty rock(A)

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  1. 8:15 Saraph: see note on Nm 21:6.

15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness,(A) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes(B) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.(C)

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15 He split rocks in the desert,
    gave water to drink, abundant as the deeps of the sea.(A)
16 He made streams flow from crags,
    caused rivers of water to flow down.

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15 He split the rocks(A) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

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41 He split the rock and water gushed forth;
    it flowed through the desert like a river.(A)

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41 He opened the rock,(A) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

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When they thirsted, they called upon you,
    and water was given them from the sheer rock,
    a quenching of their thirst from the hard stone.

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'Wisdom 11:4' not found for the version: New International Version.

20 Wild beasts honor me,
    jackals and ostriches,
For I put water in the wilderness
    and rivers in the wasteland
    for my chosen people to drink,

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20 The wild animals(A) honor me,
    the jackals(B) and the owls,
because I provide water(C) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,

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21 They did not thirst
    when he led them through dry lands;
Water from the rock he set flowing for them;
    he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth.”(A)

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21 They did not thirst(A) when he led them through the deserts;
    he made water flow(B) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
    and water gushed out.(C)

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