New English Translation
Psalms 107:34
34and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.
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 exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! 33He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land, and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants. 35As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. 36He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.
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אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי לִמְלֵחָ֑ה מֵ֝רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:34
- Genesis 13:10Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.
- Genesis 19:25So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.
- Deuteronomy 29:23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.
- Isaiah 32:13Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.
- Genesis 14:3These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- Ezekiel 47:11But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.
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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