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Psalms 107:33

107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

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He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the springs into dry ground;

107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. barrenness: Heb. saltiness

What does Psalms 107:33 mean?

Psalms 107:33 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), נָהָר (nâhâr), מִדְבָּר (midbâr).

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He
turnethשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
riversנָהָרnâhâr/naw-hawr'/H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
into
a
wilderness,מִדְבָּרmidbâr/mid-bawr'/H4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
and
the
waterspringsמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
into
dry
ground;צִמָּאוֹןtsimmâʼôwn/tsim-maw-one'/H6774a thirsty place, i.e. desert

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:33.

Genesis 21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Exodus 23:31

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Genesis 16:7

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

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What does Psalms 107:33 say?

Psalms 107:33 (King James Version) reads: "He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;"

Is Psalms 107:33 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:33 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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