Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He pours contempt upon princes
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

King James Version

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

Holman Bible

He pours contempt on nobles
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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He poureth
שׁפך 
Shaphak 
Usage: 115

בּוּז 
Buwz 
Usage: 11

נדיב 
Nadiyb 
Usage: 28

תּעה 
Ta`ah 
Usage: 50

in the wilderness
תּהוּ 
Tohuw 
Usage: 20

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

39 They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow. 40 He pours contempt upon princes
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
41 He lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.

Cross References

Job 12:24

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason and understanding. He sends them wandering through a pathless wilderness.

Job 12:21

He pours out contempt upon nobles and disarms the mighty.

Exodus 8:3

The Nile will swarm with frogs. They will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed. They will go into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.

Exodus 8:17

So Aaron struck the ground with his stick. The dust in Egypt was turned into gnats. They swarmed over the people and the animals.

Exodus 8:24

Jehovah did what he said. Dense swarms of flies came into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials. All over Egypt the flies ruined everything.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were the precious apple (pupil) of his eye.

Joshua 10:24-26

When they brought out the kings to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him: Come near, put your feet on the back of the necks of (humiliate) (abase) these kings. They came near, and put their feet upon their necks.

Judges 1:6-7

Adoni-bezek fled and they chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

Judges 4:21

Then Jael Heber's wife picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went to him while he was fast asleep and drove the peg into his temple and it went down into the ground. He was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

1 Samuel 5:9

After they had moved it, Jehovah threw the city into a great panic. He struck all the people in the city and they were covered with tumors.

1 Samuel 6:4

What guilt offering (trespass gift) shall we send him? The people asked. They answered: Five gold models of tumors and five gold mice, one of each for each Philistine king. The same plague was sent on all of you and on the five kings.

1 Kings 21:19

Say to him: 'Jehovah says: Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage?' Then say: 'Jehovah says: Your blood will become the drink of dogs! You will go to the same place where the dogs drink the blood of Naboth.'

2 Kings 9:35-37

They went to bury her, but they found nothing to bury. There were only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.

Psalm 78:66

He struck his enemies from behind and disgraced them forever.

Psalm 107:4

They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way. They found no city to live in.

Isaiah 23:8-9

Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world.

Jeremiah 13:15-18

Listen, give heed and do not be haughty (arrogant). Jehovah has spoken.

Daniel 4:33

That same hour it was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and did eat grass like bulls. His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his fingernails like birds' claws.

Daniel 5:5-6

In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand appeared, and wrote above the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Daniel 5:18-30

O you king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.

Acts 12:23

Immediately the angel of God killed him, because he did not give God the glory. He was eaten by worms and died.

Revelation 19:18

that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of military commanders, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.

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