Psalms 107:4

Psalms 107:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
• New International Version (NIV)Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
• New King James Version (NKJV)They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in.

Context of Psalms 107:4

2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy 3and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. 5They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. 6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

Psalms 107:4 word by word

תָּע֣וּ בַ֭מִּדְבָּר בִּישִׁימ֣וֹן דָּ֑רֶךְ עִ֥יר מ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב לֹ֣א מָצָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Some wanderedתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• in desertמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• wastelandsיְשִׁימוֹןyeshîymôn · wildernessH3452
• findingמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• pathדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• to a cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• in which to dwellמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186

Cross-references for Psalms 107:4

• Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
• Genesis 21:14Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
• Numbers 14:33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
• Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
• Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
• Job 12:24He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
• Ezekiel 34:6My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
• Hebrews 11:38The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
• Revelation 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

Commentaries on Psalms 107:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They wandered in the wilderness - Here begins the Finest comparison: the Israelites in captivity are compared to a traveler in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey, Psalm 107:5.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4They wandered in the wilderness - On their return from Babylon; or, when God was conducting them again to their own land. The word “wilderness” in the Scriptures means a desolate, barren, uninhabited region, usually destitute of trees, of springs, and of water-courses. It does not denote, as it does with us, a region of extensive “forests.” Compare the notes at Matthew 4:1. In a solitary way - Rather, in a “waste” way; a land that was desolate and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-9Those who were lost in the desert wastelands thank God for his rescue. The desert wastelands might be a metaphor for leaving the path of wisdom (Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 4:10–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. A graphic picture is given of the sufferings of those who from distant lands returned to Jerusalem; or, city of habitation--may mean the land of Palestine.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 107:4

• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Psalms 107

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings