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Psalms 107:33

God's power and sovereignty

31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
KJV
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
WEB
He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
ASV
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
DARBY
He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;
BLB
He turns rivers into a wilderness, and outpourings of waters into thirsty ground,
ÅB
Han gjorde elver til en ørken og vannkilder til et tørstig land,
OTB
Han gjør elver om til en ørken,
Og vannkilder til uttørket land;
B1930
Han gjorde elver til en ørken og vannkilder til et tørstig land,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 42:15

    I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

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  • Isaiah 50:2

    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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  • Amos 4:7–8

    And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

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  • Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

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  • Isaiah 44:27

    That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

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  • Zephaniah 2:13

    And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

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  • Nahum 1:4

    He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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  • Psalms 74:15

    Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

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