Psalm 78:27 {77:27}
Good News Translation
and to his people he sent down birds, as many as the grains of sand on the shore;

New Revised Standard Version
he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

Contemporary English Version
and it brought birds that covered the ground, like sand on the beach.

New American Bible
He rained meat upon them like dust, winged fowl like the sands of the sea,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

he rained

Exodus 16:12,13 I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel, say to them: In the evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God. . . .

Numbers 11:18,19,32 And thou shalt say to the people: Be ye sanctified: to morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have heard you say: Who will give us flesh to eat? It was well with us in Egypt. That the Lord may give you flesh, and you may eat: . . .

feathered fowls.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
26He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind. 27And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.28And they fell in the midst of their camp, round about their pavilions.…
Cross References
Exodus 16:13
So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.

Psalm 78:28
And they fell in the midst of their camp, round about their pavilions.

Psalm 105:40
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

Psalm 78:26
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