King James Version

Psalms 78:23

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

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וַיְצַ֣וvaytsavand appointצָוָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and appoint”, the next action in the storyH6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoinappoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.שְׁחָקִ֣יםshechaqimsmall dustשַׁחַקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “small dust”, the ordinary formH7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmamentcloud, small dust, heaven, sky.מִמָּ֑עַלmimaalfrom aboveמַעַלpreposition, adverb — “from above”H4605properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.וְדַלְתֵ֖יvedalteand doorדֶּלֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, dual, construct — “and door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1817something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoordoor (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).שָׁמַ֣יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).פָּתָֽחpatachopenפָּתַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “open”, a completed actionH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

Young’s Literal Translation

And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

World English Bible

Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.

Darby Translation

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Yet he commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐνετείλατο νεφέλαις ὑπεράνωθεν, καὶ θύρας οὐρανοῦ ἀνέῳξε·