New King James Version
Psalms 107:37
37And sow fields and plant vineyards, That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
Psalms 107:37 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
- New International Version (NIV)They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest;
- English Standard Version (ESV)they sow fields and plant vineyards and get a fruitful yield.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest their bumper crops.
Context of Psalms 107:37
35He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings. 36There He makes the hungry dwell, That they may establish a city for a dwelling place, And sow fields and plant vineyards, That they may yield a fruitful harvest. 38He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease. 39When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:37 word by word
וַיִּזְרְע֣וּ שָׂ֭דוֹת וַיִּטְּע֣וּ כְרָמִ֑ים וַ֝יַּעֲשׂ֗וּ פְּרִ֣י תְבֽוּאָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:37
- Isaiah 37:30“This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
- Jeremiah 29:5Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
- Jeremiah 31:5You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; The planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food.
- Ezekiel 28:26And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”
- Amos 9:13“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it.
- Psalms 65:9You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.
- Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.
- Joel 1:10The field is wasted, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The oil fails.
- Haggai 1:5Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!
- Haggai 2:16since those days, when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty.
- Zechariah 8:1Again the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying,
- Zechariah 9:1The burden of the word of the Lord Against the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men And all the tribes of Israel Are on the Lord);
- Zechariah 10:1Ask the Lord for rain In the time of the latter rain. The Lord will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone.
- Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars.
- Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
- Acts 14:17Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
Commentaries on Psalms 107:37
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards - Cultivate the earth. The culture of the vine was an important feature in agriculture in Palestine, and hence, it is made so prominent here. Which may yield fruits of increase - The fruits which the earth produces.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. 33-42These two sections (Psalm 107:33–38, 39–42) expand the theme of the Lord’s complete authority and power over things that humans cannot control.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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