Psalm 107:40 “He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackle…”

Psalm 107:40

He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He powreth contempt vpon princes, and causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.

Darby Translation

He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;

Young's Literal Translation

He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy — no way.

Bible in Basic English

He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

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Cross references

“poureth”

Job 12:24 Job 12:21 Isaiah 23:8 Isaiah 23:9

Job 12:24 · BSB

He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Job 12:21 · BSB

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

Isaiah 23:8 · BSB

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

Isaiah 23:9 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

“contempt”

Daniel 4:33 Psalm 78:66 Exodus 8:3 Exodus 8:17 Exodus 8:24 Joshua 10:24–26

Daniel 4:33 · BSB

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an ea…

Psalm 78:66 · BSB

He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.

Exodus 8:3 · BSB

The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Exodus 8:17 · BSB

This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:24 · BSB

And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

Joshua 10:24–26 · BSB

When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forw…

“causeth”

Psalm 107:4 Jeremiah 13:15–18

Psalm 107:4 · BSB

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

Jeremiah 13:15–18 · BSB

Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

Also

Deuteronomy 32:10

Deuteronomy 32:10 · BSB

He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

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

In context

39When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

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