Psalms 48:7
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
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 as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Read in context1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Read in contextEzekiel 27:25–26
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:16
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
Read in context1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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