Psalms 107:4

Psalms 107:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
• New King James Version (NKJV)They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless.

Context of Psalms 107:4

2Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, 3those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. 5They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. 6Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

Psalms 107:4 word by word

תָּע֣וּ בַ֭מִּדְבָּר בִּישִׁימ֣וֹן דָּ֑רֶךְ עִ֥יר מ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב לֹ֣א מָצָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They wanderedתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• in a solitaryיְשִׁימוֹןyeshîymôn · wildernessH3452
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• they foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• no cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• to dwellמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186

Cross-references for Psalms 107:4

• Psalms 107:40he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.
• Genesis 21:14Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
• Numbers 14:33Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
• Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.
• Deuteronomy 32:10In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
• Job 12:24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
• Ezekiel 34:6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
• Hebrews 11:38the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
• Revelation 12:6The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

Commentaries on Psalms 107:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They wandered in the wilderness - Here begins the Finest comparison: the Israelites in captivity are compared to a traveler in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey, Psalm 107:5.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4They wandered in the wilderness - On their return from Babylon; or, when God was conducting them again to their own land. The word “wilderness” in the Scriptures means a desolate, barren, uninhabited region, usually destitute of trees, of springs, and of water-courses. It does not denote, as it does with us, a region of extensive “forests.” Compare the notes at Matthew 4:1. In a solitary way - Rather, in a “waste” way; a land that was desolate and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-9Those who were lost in the desert wastelands thank God for his rescue. The desert wastelands might be a metaphor for leaving the path of wisdom (Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 4:10–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. A graphic picture is given of the sufferings of those who from distant lands returned to Jerusalem; or, city of habitation--may mean the land of Palestine.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 107:4

• Afflictions and Adversities

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• Contemn
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• Text of the Old Testament
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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