Psalm 107:34 “and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of it…”

Psalm 107:34

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

World English Bible

and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

American Standard Version

A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Geneva Bible 1599

And a fruitfull land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.

Darby Translation

A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Young's Literal Translation

A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Bible in Basic English

He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“a fruitful”

Genesis 13:10 Deuteronomy 29:23–28 Genesis 13:13 Isaiah 32:13–15 Genesis 19:25

Genesis 13:10 · BSB

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Deuteronomy 29:23–28 · BSB

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce an…

Genesis 13:13 · BSB

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Isaiah 32:13–15 · BSB

and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

Genesis 19:25 · BSB

Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

“barrenness”

Genesis 14:3 Ezekiel 47:11

Genesis 14:3 · BSB

The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea ).

Ezekiel 47:11 · BSB

But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.

Also

Genesis 19:24–25

Genesis 19:24–25 · BSB

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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

In context

33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

Read Psalm 107