New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 107:34
Psalms 107:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
- New International Version (NIV)and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
- English Standard Version (ESV)a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Context of Psalms 107:34
32Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders. 33He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. 35He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; 36And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city,
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אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי לִמְלֵחָ֑ה מֵ֝רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 107:34
- Genesis 13:10Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere--this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.
- Genesis 19:25and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
- Deuteronomy 29:23‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’
- Isaiah 32:13For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up; Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.
- Genesis 14:3All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- Ezekiel 47:11But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:34
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34A fruitful land - Hebrew, A land of fruit. That is, a land that would produce abundance. The word “fruit” here is not used in the limited sense in which we now employ it, but means any productions of the earth. Into barrenness - Margin, as in Hebrew, “saltness.” The word is used to denote a barren soil, because where salt “abounds” the soil “is” barren. Thus it is around the Dead Sea. Compare Job 39:6; Jeremiah 17:6. See also Virg. Geor. II. 238, “Salsa …Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-43Verses 33-43 What surprising changes are often made in the affairs of men! Let the present desolate state of Judea, and of other countries, explain this. If we look abroad in the world, we see many greatly increase, whose beginning was small. We see many who have thus suddenly risen, as suddenly brought to nothing. Worldly wealth is uncertain; often those who are filled with it, ere they are aware, lose it again. God has many ways of making men poor. The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-35The Lord can choose to make the earth fertile or barren (Psalm 74:15; Isaiah 35:6–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-4133-41. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, &c.--God's providence is illustriously displayed in His influence on two great elements of human prosperity, the earth's productiveness and the powers of government. He punishes the wicked by destroying the sources of fertility, or, in mercy, gives fruitfulness to deserts, which become the homes of a busy and successful agricultural population. By a permitted misrule and tyranny, this scene of prosperity is…Read 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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