New King James Version
Psalms 107:4
4They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a 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 say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 3And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; They found no city to dwell in. 5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them. 6Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses.
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תָּע֣וּ בַ֭מִּדְבָּר בִּישִׁימ֣וֹן דָּ֑רֶךְ עִ֥יר מ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב לֹ֣א מָצָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:4
- Psalms 107:40He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
- Genesis 21:14So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
- Numbers 14:33And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy 8:15who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;
- Deuteronomy 32:10“He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.
- Job 12:24He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
- Ezekiel 34:6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”
- Hebrews 11:38of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
- Revelation 12:6Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty 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
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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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