Psalms 48:7
What does Psalms 48:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 48:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 18:17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- 1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
- Isaiah 2:16
and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.
- 1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
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