Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Holman Bible
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
International Standard Version
Having poured contempt on their nobles, causing them to err aimlessly in the way.
A Conservative Version
He pours contempt upon rulers, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
Amplified
He pours contempt on princes
And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.
Bible in Basic English
He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.
Darby Translation
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
Julia Smith Translation
He poured out contempt upon the nobles, and he will cause them to wander in a waste of not a way.
King James 2000
He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[he] pours contempt on princes and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
Modern King James verseion
He pours scorn on nobles, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no path.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
though he suffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants, or let them wander out of the way in the wilderness,
NET Bible
He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
New Heart English Bible
He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
The Emphasized Bible
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
Webster
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
World English Bible
He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
Youngs Literal Translation
He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way.
Interlinear
Ta`ah
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 107:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance
39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:24
He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
Exodus 8:3
and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:
Exodus 8:17
And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 8:24
And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Joshua 10:24-26
And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Judges 1:6-7
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Judges 4:21
Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
1 Samuel 5:9
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.
1 Samuel 6:4
Then said they, What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
1 Kings 21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
2 Kings 9:35-37
And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
Psalm 78:66
And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
Psalm 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
Isaiah 23:8-9
Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
Jeremiah 13:15-18
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
Daniel 4:33
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles feathers , and his nails like birds claws .
Daniel 5:5-6
In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Daniel 5:18-30
O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
Acts 12:23
And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Revelation 19:18
that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.