Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste. New Living Translation the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands. English Standard Version he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; Berean Standard Bible He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. King James Bible He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. New King James Version He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way; New American Standard Bible He pours contempt upon noblemen And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland. NASB 1995 He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste. NASB 1977 He pours contempt upon princes, And makes them wander in a pathless waste. Legacy Standard Bible He pours contempt upon nobles And makes them wander in a pathless void. Amplified Bible He pours contempt on princes And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland. Christian Standard Bible he pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. Holman Christian Standard Bible He pours contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. American Standard Version He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He casts evil upon Rulers and makes them wander in a trackless waste without a road. Brenton Septuagint Translation Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land. Contemporary English Version But the LORD will take revenge on those who conquer you, and he will make them wander across desert sands. Douay-Rheims Bible Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way. English Revised Version He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. GOD'S WORD® Translation He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert. Good News Translation he showed contempt for their oppressors and made them wander in trackless deserts. International Standard Version Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way. JPS Tanakh 1917 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. Literal Standard Version He is pouring contempt on nobles, | And causes them to wander in vacancy—no way. Majority Standard Bible He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. New American Bible Where they were diminished and brought low through misery and cruel oppression. NET Bible He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road. New Revised Standard Version he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; New Heart English Bible He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. Webster's Bible Translation He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. World English Bible He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. Young's Literal Translation He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way. Additional Translations ... Context Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good…39When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow, 40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. Job 12:21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty. Job 12:24 He deprives the earth's leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. Psalm 68:6 God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land. Isaiah 40:23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless. Daniel 4:24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king: Treasury of Scripture He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. poureth Job 12:21,24 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty… Isaiah 23:8,9 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? … contempt Psalm 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. Exodus 8:3,17,24 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: … Joshua 10:24-26 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them… causeth Psalm 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Job 12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. Jeremiah 13:15-18 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken… wilderness. Jump to Previous Causes Causeth Contempt End Kings Lands Makes Nobles Pathless Poureth Pouring Pours Pride Princes Puts Sends Trackless Vacancy Wander Wandering Waste Wastes Way WildernessJump to Next Causes Causeth Contempt End Kings Lands Makes Nobles Pathless Poureth Pouring Pours Pride Princes Puts Sends Trackless Vacancy Wander Wandering Waste Wastes Way 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. Verse 40. - He poureth contempt upon princes. A direct quotation from Job 12:21, but not therefore to be regarded as spurious, since the sacred writers often quote one another, and the psalmists especially are very much in the habit of citing, or referring to Job (see, in this very psalm, besides the present passage, vers. 10, 18 (bis), 20, 34, 41, and 42). And causeth them to wander in the wilderness; rather, a wilderness (comp. Job 12:24). Where there is no way. "Wandering in a wilder ness without a way denotes helpless embarrassment" (Hengstenberg). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He poursשֹׁפֵ֣ךְ (šō·p̄êḵ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out contempt בּ֭וּז (būz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 937: Disrespect on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the nobles נְדִיבִ֑ים (nə·ḏî·ḇîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5081: Voluntary, generous, magnanimous, a grandee and makes them wander וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם (way·yaṯ·‘êm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray a pathless לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no wasteland. בְּתֹ֣הוּ (bə·ṯō·hū) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain Links Psalm 107:40 NIVPsalm 107:40 NLT Psalm 107:40 ESV Psalm 107:40 NASB Psalm 107:40 KJV Psalm 107:40 BibleApps.com Psalm 107:40 Biblia Paralela Psalm 107:40 Chinese Bible Psalm 107:40 French Bible Psalm 107:40 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 107:40 He pours contempt on princes and causes (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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