Psalms 107:39
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
- KJV
- Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
- WEB
- Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
- ASV
- Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
- DARBY
- And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:
- BLB
- When they are diminished and brought low from oppression, evil, and sorrow,
- ÅB
- Så minket de igjen og ble nedbøyet ved trengsel, ulykke og sorg.
- OTB
- Når de blir redusert og brakt lavt
På grunn av undertrykkelse, elendighet og sorg, - B1930
- Så minket de igjen og blev nedbøiet ved trengsel, ulykke og sorg.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 2:23–24
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Read in context2 Kings 10:32
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
Read in context2 Chronicles 15:5–6
And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
Read in context2 Kings 14:26
For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
Read in contextJudges 6:3–6
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Read in context2 Kings 13:22
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
Read in context2 Kings 4:8
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
Read in contextJob 1:10–17
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
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