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 · 2000

With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.

Context

v.6Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

v.7This passage

v.8As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. [Selah

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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