Psalms 107:40
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her 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 taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Read in contextJob 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Read in contextDaniel 4:33
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
Read in contextIsaiah 23:8–9
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Read in contextJeremiah 13:15–18
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
Read in context2 Kings 9:35–37
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
Read in contextExodus 8:3
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
Read in contextJoshua 10:24–26
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
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