Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

He pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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.

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 When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt on nobles
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
41 But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.


Cross References

Job 12:24

He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Job 12:21

He pours out contempt on nobles
and disarms the strong.

Exodus 8:3

The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will come up and go into your palace, into your bedroom and on your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Exodus 8:17

And they did this. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and when he struck the dust of the earth, gnats were on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:24

And the Lord did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh’s palace and his officials’ houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desolate land,
in a barren, howling wilderness;
He surrounded him, cared for him,
and protected him as the pupil of His eye.

Joshua 10:24-26

When they had brought the kings to him, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the military commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.

Judges 1:6-7

When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Judges 4:21

While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it into the ground, and he died.

1 Samuel 5:9

After they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against the city of Gath, causing a great panic. He afflicted the men of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, with an outbreak of tumors.

1 Samuel 6:4

They asked, “What restitution offering should we send back to Him?”

And they answered, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice corresponding to the number of Philistine rulers, since there was one plague for both you and your rulers.

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’”

2 Kings 9:35-37

But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

Psalm 78:66

He beat back His foes;
He gave them lasting shame.

Psalm 107:4

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.

Isaiah 23:8-9

Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose traders are princes,
whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?

Jeremiah 13:15-18

Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud,
for the Lord has spoken.

Daniel 4:33

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was executed. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

Daniel 5:5-6

At that moment the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

Daniel 5:18-30

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

Acts 12:23

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

Revelation 19:18

so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of their riders, and the flesh of everyone, both free and slave, small and great.”

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