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Psalms 48:7
7With the east wind you smash the ships of Tarshish.
Psalms 48:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
- New International Version (NIV)You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.
Context of Psalms 48:7
5⌞When⌟ they saw ⌞Mount Zion⌟, they were astonished. They were terrified and ran away in fear. 6Trembling seized them like the trembling that a woman experiences during labor. With the east wind you smash the ships of Tarshish. 8The things we had only heard about, we have now seen in the city of the Lord of Armies, in the city of our God. God makes Zion stand firm forever. Selah 9Inside your temple we carefully reflect on your mercy, O God.
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בְּר֥וּחַ קָדִ֑ים תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר אֳנִיּ֥וֹת תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 48:7
- Ezekiel 27:25“ ‘Ships from Tarshish carried your goods. You were like a ship filled with heavy cargo in the sea.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-style ships to go to Ophir for gold. But they didn’t go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.
- Isaiah 2:16against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats.
- Jeremiah 18:17Like the east wind I will scatter them in front of the enemy. On the day of their disaster, I will show them my back, not my face.”
Commentaries on Psalms 48:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish - Calmet thinks this may refer to the discomfiture of Cambyses, who came to destroy the land of Judea. "This is apparently," says he, "the same tempest which struck dismay into the land-forces of Cambyses, and wrecked his fleet which was on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea, opposite to his army near the port of Acco, or the Ptolemais; for Cambyses had his quarters at Ecbatana, at the foot of Mount Carmel; and his…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish - On the ships of Tarshish, see the notes on Isaiah 2:16. The allusion to these ships here may have been to illustrate the power of God; the ease with which he destroys that which man has made. The ships so strong - the ships made to navigate distant seas, and to encounter waves and storms - are broken to pieces with infinite ease when God causes the wind to sweep over the ocean. With so much ease God overthrows the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The ships of Tarshish were built for long voyages and represent human achievement (see also 2 Chronicles 9:21; Isaiah 2:16). Their destruction might be the event mentioned in 1 Kings 22:48.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. ships of Tarshish--as engaged in a distant and lucrative trade, the most valuable. The phrase may illustrate God's control over all material agencies, whether their literal destruction be meant or not.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 48
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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