Psalms 107:40
38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
39 When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
41 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
- KJV
- He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
- WEB
- He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
- ASV
- He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
- DARBY
- He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
- BLB
- He pours out contempt on nobles, and causes them to wander in a wasteland without a path.
- ÅB
- Han som utøser forakt over fyrster og lar dem fare vill i et uveisomt øde,
- OTB
- Han utøser forakt over adelsmenn
Og lar dem vandre i en veiløs ødemark. - B1930
- Han som utøser forakt over fyrster og lar dem fare vill i et uveisomt øde,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 12:24
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Read in contextJob 12:21
He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
Read in contextDaniel 4:33
At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
Read in contextIsaiah 23:8–9
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
Read in contextJeremiah 13:15–18
Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Read in context2 Kings 9:35–37
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
Read in contextExodus 8:3
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
Read in contextJoshua 10:24–26
When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
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