Psalms 107:5

What does Psalms 107:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 107:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Hungry--yea--thirsty, Their soul in them becometh feeble,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them:

Context

v.4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.

v.5This passage

v.6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 44:12

    The smithmakethan axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

  • 1 Samuel 30:11

    And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

  • Lamentations 2:19

    Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

  • Mark 8:2

    I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

  • Judges 15:18

    And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.

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