Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground, New Living Translation He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry, thirsty land. English Standard Version He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, Berean Standard Bible He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, King James Bible He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; New King James Version He turns rivers into a wilderness, And the watersprings into dry ground; New American Standard Bible He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground; NASB 1995 He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; NASB 1977 He changes rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground; Legacy Standard Bible He makes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; Amplified Bible He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground; Christian Standard Bible He turns rivers into desert, springs into thirsty ground, Holman Christian Standard Bible He turns rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, American Standard Version He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground; Aramaic Bible in Plain English For he makes the rivers like the wilderness and the springs of water thirsty. Brenton Septuagint Translation He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land; Contemporary English Version If you start doing wrong, the LORD will turn rivers into deserts, Douay-Rheims Bible He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground: English Revised Version He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; GOD'S WORD® Translation He changes rivers into a desert, springs into thirsty ground, Good News Translation The LORD made rivers dry up completely and stopped springs from flowing. International Standard Version He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into dry ground, JPS Tanakh 1917 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground; Literal Standard Version He makes rivers become a wilderness, | And fountains of waters become dry land. Majority Standard Bible He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, New American Bible God changed rivers into desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, NET Bible He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land, New Revised Standard Version He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, New Heart English Bible He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, Webster's Bible Translation He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground; World English Bible He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, Young's Literal Translation He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good…32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders. 33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, 34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.… Cross References 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As surely as the LORD lives--the God of Israel before whom I stand--there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!" 1 Kings 17:7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Psalm 74:15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. Isaiah 29:17 In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest? Isaiah 42:15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes. Isaiah 50:2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. Jeremiah 44:22 So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day. Treasury of Scripture He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the springs into dry ground; turneth 1 Kings 17:1-7 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word… Isaiah 13:19-21 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah… Isaiah 19:5-10 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up… water-springs 1 Kings 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. Jeremiah 14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Amos 4:7,8 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered… Jump to Previous Changes Desert Dry Flowing Fountains Ground Makes Maketh Places Rivers Springs Thirsty Turned Turneth Turns Waste Water Waters Watersprings Water-Springs WildernessJump to Next Changes Desert Dry Flowing Fountains Ground Makes Maketh Places Rivers Springs Thirsty Turned Turneth Turns Waste Water Waters Watersprings Water-Springs WildernessPsalm 107 1. The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence4. Over travelers 10. Over captives 17. Over sick men 23. Over sailors 33. And in diverse varieties of life. (33) The change in character and style of the psalm at this point is so marked as to suggest an addition by another hand. It is not only that the artistic form is dropped, and the series of vivid pictures, each closed by a refrain, succeeded by changed aspects of thought, but the language becomes harsher, and the poet, if the same, suddenly proclaims that he has exhausted his imagination.Verses 33-42. - Professor Cheyne finds in this passage - which he views as an "appendix" to the psalm - a falling off from the earlier portion of the psalm, and a set of "sentences strung together without much reflection." But to others the transition from special deliverances to God's general dealings with mankind seems an enlargement and an advance in the thought, although the language may be less graphic and more commonplace than in the former portion of the composition. Verse 33. - He turneth rivers into a wilderness. God can, and does, by the operation of his providence, turn lands naturally fertile - lands abounding with streams - into arid wastes, either by such a physical catastrophe as that which blasted the cities of the plain (Genesis 19:24, 25), or by such moral changes as have turned Babylonia from a garden into a desert, a miserable howling wilderness (comp. Isaiah 13:15-22; Isaiah 50:2; Jeremiah 50:13-15, 38-40; Jeremiah 51:13, 37-43, etc.). And the water springs into dry ground. The phrase is varied, but the meaning is the same. God has full control over nature, and can either take back his blessings, or render them of no avail. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He turnsיָשֵׂ֣ם (yā·śêm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set rivers נְהָר֣וֹת (nə·hā·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity into deserts, לְמִדְבָּ֑ר (lə·miḏ·bār) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech springs וּמֹצָ֥אֵי (ū·mō·ṣā·’ê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4161: A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring of water מַ֝֗יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen into thirsty ground, לְצִמָּאֽוֹן׃ (lə·ṣim·mā·’ō·wn) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6774: A thirsty place, desert Links Psalm 107:33 NIVPsalm 107:33 NLT Psalm 107:33 ESV Psalm 107:33 NASB Psalm 107:33 KJV Psalm 107:33 BibleApps.com Psalm 107:33 Biblia Paralela Psalm 107:33 Chinese Bible Psalm 107:33 French Bible Psalm 107:33 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 107:33 He turns rivers into a desert water (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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