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Psalms 107:39

What does Psalms 107:39 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 107:39 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

Context

v.38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

v.39This passage

v.40He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 45:11

    and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

  • Exodus 2:23

    And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  • 2 Kings 8:3

    And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

  • Psalms 30:6

    As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

  • Jeremiah 51:33

    For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

  • Job 1:10

    Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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