Parallel Verses
King James Version
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
New American Standard Bible
And
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.
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 minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:24
He taketh away the heart of the chief 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 weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Exodus 8:3
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine 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 kneadingtroughs:
Exodus 8:17
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 8:24
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Joshua 10:24-26
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which 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 Adonibezek 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 nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
1 Samuel 5:9
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
1 Samuel 6:4
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, 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 the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, 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 enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Psalm 107:4
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Isaiah 23:8-9
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Jeremiah 13:15-18
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD 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 hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
Daniel 5:5-6
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister 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 a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Acts 12:23
And immediately the 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 on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.