Psalms 78:12

Field — In the territory. Zoan — An ancient and eminent city of Egypt.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers - Things suited to excite wonder and astonishment. Such were all the miracles that he perf...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their (i) fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan. (i) He proves that not only the posterity...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zoan. See note on Exodus 1:10 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. He wrought marvellously in the sight of their fathers. The Psalmist is still to be regarded as condemning the posterity of the Israelite...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. The field of Zoan - "In campo Taneos," Vugate....
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Field of Zoan— Field, or territory of Tanis. Mudge. The land of Zoan, in Dr. Shaw's opinion, was only another appellation for the land of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people fro...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zoan ] Tanis, a city in the Delta of the Nile: see Psalms 78:43 . 18, 21. Cp. Exodus 16:17 Null.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Field of Zoan. — See Numbers 13:22 . It is the classical “Tanis,” merely a corruption of Tsoan, i.e., low country (LXX. and Vulgate). Tanis is s...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Learning from the Fathers Psalms 78:1-12 This psalm is said to have arisen, from a strong controversy between Judah and Ephraim as to the locat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We need only refer to the history of Israel in the wilderness, to discover to what particular period of the church the prophet in these verses refers...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers ,.... The Targum is, "before Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes of their fathers, he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan. Ver. 12. Marvellous things did he, &c. ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Marvellous things did he in the field That is, in the territory or jurisdiction, not excluding the city itself; of Zoan An ancient and eminent ci...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the field, i.e. in the territory or jurisdiction, not excluding the city itself. In the like sense we read of the field of Edom, and of Moab ,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflec...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The story of how the children of Israel behaved themselves towards their gracious God. Psalms 78:10-16 . They kept not the covenant of God, and re...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. God in human history I. A people is a community that...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Marvelous things did He in the sight of their fathers, before the exodus, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan, this being the residence of t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 6:22 ; Exodus 12:51 ; Ezekiel 30:14 ; Genesis 32:3 ; Isaiah 19:11 ; Isaiah 19:13 ; Nehemiah 9:10 ; Numbers 13...

¹² Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:12