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Psalms 107:17
17Some became fools because of their rebellious ways, and were afflicted due to their iniquities.
Psalms 107:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
- New International Version (NIV)Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
Context of Psalms 107:17
15Let them praise Adonai for His mercy, and His wonders for the children of men, 16for He shattered bronze gates, and broke into pieces iron bars. Some became fools because of their rebellious ways, and were afflicted due to their iniquities. 18Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near the gates of death. 19So they cried out to Adonai in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:17 word by word
אֱ֭וִלִים מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ פִּשְׁעָ֑ם וּֽ֝מֵעֲוֹֽנֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יִתְעַנּֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 107:17
- Psalms 14:1For the music director, of David. The fool said in his heart: “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
- Psalms 92:6How great are Your works, Adonai! How profound are Your thoughts!
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 7:7I saw among the naïve, I noticed among the youth, a young man lacking understanding,
- Psalms 38:1A psalm of David, for a memorial.
- Numbers 11:33Yet while the meat was between their teeth, before it was swallowed, Adonai’s anger burned against the people. So Adonai struck the people with a severe plague.
- Numbers 12:10When the cloud lifted up from above the Tent, behold, Miriam had tza'arat, like snow! As Aaron turned toward her, behold, she had tza’arat!
- Numbers 21:5The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you brought us from Egypt to die in the wilderness, because there is no bread, no water, and our very spirits detest the despicable food?
- Isaiah 57:17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry; I struck him; I hid My face; I was angry—but he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
- Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will rebuke you and your backslidings will chide you. Know then and see how bad and bitter it is for you to forsake Adonai your God. Nor is fear of Me in you.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.
- Lamentations 3:39Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?
Commentaries on Psalms 107:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Fools because of their transgression - This is the Third comparison; the captivity being compared to a person in a dangerous malady. Our Version does not express this clause well: Fools פשעם מדרך midderech pisham, because of the way of their transgressions, are afflicted. Most human maladies are the fruits of sin; misery and sin are married together in bonds that can never be broken.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Fools, because of their transgression - Wicked people, considered as fools, because they “are” transgressors. Compare Psalm 14:1, note; Psalm 73:3, note; Psalm 75:4, note. The immediate allusion here, probably, is to the Jews, who had been so wicked and so supremely foolish in violating the commands of God, and making it necessary to bring upon them as a punishment the captivity at Babylon; but the language is made general because it will with equal…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their folly. The weakness of the body is the effect of sickness. It is by the power and mercy of God that we are recovered from sickness, and it is our duty to be thankful. All Christ's miraculous cures were emblems of his healing diseases of the soul. It is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22Fools who received what they deserved but were rescued from death offer thanksgiving to the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment. are afflicted--literally, "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawingRead 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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