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Psalms 107:35

107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. barrenness: Heb. saltiness
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

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He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs.

107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

What does Psalms 107:35 mean?

Psalms 107:35 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), מִדְבָּר (midbâr), אֲגַם (ʼăgam).

Hebrew interlinear

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He
turnethשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
the
wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr/mid-bawr'/H4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
into
a
standingאֲגַםʼăgam/ag-am'/H98a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
water,מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
and
dryצִיָּהtsîyâh/tsee-yaw'/H6723aridity; concretely, a desert
groundאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
into
watersprings.מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:35.

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.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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 6:17

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 7:10

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. after: or, on the seventh day

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What does Psalms 107:35 say?

Psalms 107:35 (King James Version) reads: "He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings."

Is Psalms 107:35 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:35 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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