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Psalms 107:3
3those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Psalms 107:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Context of Psalms 107:3
1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 2Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. 4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. 5They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:3 word by word
וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִמִּזְרָ֥ח וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפ֥וֹן וּמִיָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 107:3
- Psalms 106:47Save us, Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
- Isaiah 11:11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
- Isaiah 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.
- Isaiah 49:12See, they will come from afar— some from the north, some from the west, some from the region of Aswan.”
- Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
- Jeremiah 31:8See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return.
- Ezekiel 36:24“ ‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.
- Ezekiel 39:27When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And gathered them out of the lands - Though many Jews returned into Jerusalem from various parts of the world, under the reigns of Darius Hystaspes, Artaxerxes, and Alexander the Great; yet this prophecy has its completion only under the Gospel, when all the ends of the earth hear the salvation of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And gathered them out of the lands - The countries where they were scattered. In the times of the captivity the people were not all taken to one place, or did not all abide in one place. In the long exile - of seventy years - in Babylon, they would naturally be much scattered in the different provinces; and the attempt to collect them together, to restore them again to their native land, might be attended with much difficulty. From the east - From all…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3People came from all nations where the people of Israel and Judah had been scattered.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. gathered--alluding to the dispersion of captives throughout the Babylonian empire. from the south--literally, "the sea," or, Red Sea (Psa 114:3), which was on the south.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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