Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
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.
American Standard Version
He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth 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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 107:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance
39 So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow; 40 He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; 41 But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: -
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Cross References
Job 12:24
Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:
Job 12:21
Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed:
Exodus 8:3
so shall the river swarm with frogs, and they shall come up, and enter into thy house, and into thy bedchamber and upon thy couch, - and into the house of thy servants and among thy people, and into thine ovens and into thy kneading-troughs:
Exodus 8:17
And they did so, and Aaron stretched forth his hand with his staff and smote the dust of the land, and there canto to be gnats, among men and among beasts, - all the dust of the land, became gnats, in all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 8:24
And Yahweh did so, and brought a grievous gad-fly unto the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and in all the land of Egypt, and the land was laid waste by reason of the gad-fly.
Deuteronomy 32:10
He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness, - He encompassed him watched over him, Shielded him as the pupil of his own eye.
Joshua 10:24-26
And it came to pass, when they brought out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war who had been with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. So they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Judges 1:6-7
But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him, - and took him, and cut off his thumbs, and his great toes.
Judges 4:21
Then took Jael, wife of Heber, the tent-pin, and put the mallet in her hand, and went in unto him, softly, and smote the tent-pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, - he being fast asleep and shrouded in darkness, and he died.
1 Samuel 5:9
And so it was, after they had taken it round, then was the hand of Yahweh against the city, with an exceeding great consternation, and he smote the men of the city, from the least, even unto the greatest, - and they brake out with tumours.
1 Samuel 6:4
And they said - What shall be the guilt-offering, that we shall return to him? And they said - By the number of the lords of the Philistines, five tumours of gold, and five mice of gold, - for, one plague, was on you all, and on your lords.
1 Kings 21:19
Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying - Thus, saith Yahweh, Hast thou committed murder, and also taken possession? Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying: Thus, saith Yahweh, In the place where the dogs have lapped up the blood of Naboth, shall the dogs lap up thy blood, even thine.
2 Kings 9:35-37
So they went to bury her, - but found not of her - save the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
Psalm 78:66
So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding, laid he upon them.
Psalm 107:4
They wandered about in the desert - in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in, found they none;
Isaiah 23:8-9
Who hath purposed this, against Tyre, The bestower of crowns, - Whose merchants are princes, Her traders the honourable of the earth?
Jeremiah 13:15-18
Hear ye and give ear, be not haughty, - For Yahweh, hath spoken.
Daniel 4:33
Immediately, the word, was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and, from among men, was he driven forth, and, grass - like oxen, did he eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, his body was drenched, - until that, his hair, like to eagles' feathers, was grown, and his nails, like birds' claws.
Daniel 5:5-6
Immediately, came forth the fingers of the hand of a man, and wrote,, over against the chandelier, upon the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king, - and, the king, saw the part of the hand which was writing,
Daniel 5:18-30
As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;
Acts 12:23
And, instantly, there smote him, a messenger of the Lord, because he gave not the glory unto God; and, becoming worm-eaten, he expired.
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 who sit upon them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great.