Psalms 48:7
5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
9 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
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
- With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
- KJV
- Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
- WEB
- With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
- ASV
- With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
- DARBY
- With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
- BLB
- With a wind of the east you broke apart the ships of Tarshish.
- ÅB
- Ved østenvind knuste du Tarsis-skip.
- OTB
- Med østvinden
Knuser du Tarsis' skip. - B1930
- Ved østenvind knuste du Tarsis-skib.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 18:17
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
Read in context1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Read in contextEzekiel 27:25–26
The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:16
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
Read in context1 Kings 10:22
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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