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Psalms 107:34

Judgment

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

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

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.

36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

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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
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
KJV
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
WEB
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
ASV
A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
DARBY
A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
BLB
a land of fruit into salty ground, from the wickedness of those dwelling in it.
ÅB
et fruktbart land til et saltland for deres ondskaps skyld som bodde der.
OTB
Et fruktbart land til en øde ødemark,
På grunn av ondskapen til dem som bor der.
B1930
et fruktbart land til et saltland for deres ondskaps skyld som bodde der.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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  • Genesis 14:3

    All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:23–28

    And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

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  • Ezekiel 47:11

    But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

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  • Genesis 13:13

    But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

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  • Isaiah 32:13–15

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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  • Genesis 19:24–25

    Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

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