Psalms 107:4

2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
KJV
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
WEB
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
ASV
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
DARBY
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way, they found no city of habitation;
BLB
They wandered in the wilderness, by the way in a desert; a city for of dwelling they did not find.
ÅB
De fór vill i ørkenen, i et uveisomt øde, de fant ikke en by å bo i.
OTB
De vandret i ørkenen, et øde område;
De kunne ikke finne en vei til en by hvor de kunne bo.
B1930
De fór vill i ørkenen, i et uveisomt øde, de fant ikke en by å bo i.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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  • Ezekiel 34:6

    My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

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  • Ezekiel 34:12

    As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

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  • Numbers 14:33

    And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

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  • Genesis 21:14–16

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

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  • Hebrews 11:38

    (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

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  • Psalms 107:40

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

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  • 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.

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