Psalms 107:3

107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. south: Heb. sea

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And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

What does Psalms 107:3 mean?

Psalms 107:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָבַץ (qâbats), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), מִזְרָח (mizrâch).

Hebrew interlinear

And

gatheredקָבַץqâbats/kaw-bats'/H6908to grasp, i.e. collect

them

out

the

lands,אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

from

the

east,מִזְרָחmizrâch/miz-rawkh'/H4217sunrise, i.e. the east

and

from

the

west,מַעֲרָבmaʻărâb/mah-ar-awb'/H4628the west (as a region of the evening sun)

from

the

north,צָפוֹןtsâphôwn/tsaw-fone'/H6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)

and

from

the

south.יָםyâm/yawm/H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

south:

Heb.

sea

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:3.

1 Chronicles 7:28

And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: towns: Heb. daughters unto Gaza: or, Adassa

1 Kings 7:25

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

2 Chronicles 4:4

Deuteronomy 3:27

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. Pisgah: or, the hill

Ezekiel 48:16

And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

Genesis 13:14

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. spread: Heb. break forth

Joshua 16:6

And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

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What does Psalms 107:3 say?

Psalms 107:3 (King James Version) reads: "And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. south: Heb. sea"

Is Psalms 107:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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