New English Translation
Psalms 48:7
7With an east wind you shatter the large ships.
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
5As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat. 6Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth. With an east wind you shatter the large ships. 8We heard about God’s mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah) 9We reflect on your loyal love, O God, within your temple.
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בְּר֥וּחַ קָדִ֑ים תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר אֳנִיּ֥וֹת תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 48:7
- Ezekiel 27:25The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise. “‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.
- Isaiah 2:16for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.
- Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”
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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