Psalms 107:40

107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. wilderness: or, void place

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He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. from: or, after

What does Psalms 107:40 mean?

Psalms 107:40 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁפַךְ (shâphak), בּוּז (bûwz), נָדִיב (nâdîyb).

Hebrew interlinear

pourethשָׁפַךְshâphak/shaw-fak'/H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out

contemptבּוּזbûwz/booz/H937disrespect

upon

princes,נָדִיבnâdîyb/naw-deeb'/H5081properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)

and

causeth

them

wanderתָּעָהtâʻâh/taw-aw'/H8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

the

wilderness,תֹּהוּtôhûw/to'-hoo/H8414a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain

where

there

way.דֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

wilderness:

or,

void

place

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:40.

Job 12:21

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. weakeneth: or, looseth the girdle of the strong

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.

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What does Psalms 107:40 say?

Psalms 107:40 (King James Version) reads: "He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. wilderness: or, void place"

Is Psalms 107:40 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:40 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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