God’s Word Translation
Psalms 107:17
17Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes.
Psalms 107:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
- New International Version (NIV)Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
Context of Psalms 107:17
15Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants. 16He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two. Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes. 18All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death’s gates. 19In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He saved them from their troubles.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:17 word by word
אֱ֭וִלִים מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ פִּשְׁעָ֑ם וּֽ֝מֵעֲוֹֽנֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יִתְעַנּֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 107:17
- Psalms 14:1Godless fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They do disgusting things. There is no one who does good things.
- Psalms 92:6A stupid person cannot know and a fool cannot understand
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you gullible people love being so gullible? How long will you mockers find joy in your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 7:7I was looking at gullible people when I saw a young man without much sense among youths
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not angrily punish me or discipline me in your wrath.
- Numbers 11:33While the meat was still in their mouths—before they had even had a chance to chew it—the Lord became angry with the people and struck them with a severe plague.
- Numbers 12:10When the smoke left the tent, Miriam was covered with an infectious skin disease. She was as white as snow. Aaron turned to her and saw she was covered with the disease.
- Numbers 21:5and criticized God and Moses. They said, “Why did you make us leave Egypt—just to let us die in the desert? There’s no bread or water, and we can’t stand this awful food!”
- Isaiah 57:17I was angry because of their sinful greed, so I punished them, hid ⌞from them⌟, and remained angry. But they continued to be sinful.
- Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will correct you, and your unfaithful ways will punish you. You should know and see how evil and bitter it is for you if you abandon the Lord your God and do not fear me,” declares the Almighty Lord of Armies.
- Lamentations 3:39“Why should any living mortal (any person) complain about being punished for sin?
Commentaries on Psalms 107:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Fools because of their transgression - This is the Third comparison; the captivity being compared to a person in a dangerous malady. Our Version does not express this clause well: Fools פשעם מדרך midderech pisham, because of the way of their transgressions, are afflicted. Most human maladies are the fruits of sin; misery and sin are married together in bonds that can never be broken.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Fools, because of their transgression - Wicked people, considered as fools, because they “are” transgressors. Compare Psalm 14:1, note; Psalm 73:3, note; Psalm 75:4, note. The immediate allusion here, probably, is to the Jews, who had been so wicked and so supremely foolish in violating the commands of God, and making it necessary to bring upon them as a punishment the captivity at Babylon; but the language is made general because it will with equal…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their folly. The weakness of the body is the effect of sickness. It is by the power and mercy of God that we are recovered from sickness, and it is our duty to be thankful. All Christ's miraculous cures were emblems of his healing diseases of the soul. It is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22Fools who received what they deserved but were rescued from death offer thanksgiving to the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment. are afflicted--literally, "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawingRead the comment
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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
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