Psalm 107:33 “He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,”

Psalm 107:33

He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

Geneva Bible 1599

He turneth the floodes into a wildernesse, and the springs of waters into drinesse,

Darby Translation

He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;

Young's Literal Translation

He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

Bible in Basic English

He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land;

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Cross references

“turneth”

Isaiah 42:15 Isaiah 50:2 1 Kings 17:1–7 Isaiah 13:19–21 Isaiah 19:5–10 Isaiah 44:27

Isaiah 42:15 · BSB

I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

Isaiah 50:2 · BSB

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert;…

1 Kings 17:1–7 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Isaiah 13:19–21 · BSB

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 19:5–10 · BSB

The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

Isaiah 44:27 · BSB

who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’

“water-springs”

1 Kings 18:5 Jeremiah 14:3 Amos 4:7 Amos 4:8

1 Kings 18:5 · BSB

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

Jeremiah 14:3 · BSB

The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

Amos 4:7 · BSB

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Amos 4:8 · BSB

People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Also

Psalm 74:15

Psalm 74:15 · BSB

You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

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