Psalm 107:7 “He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.”

Psalm 107:7

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

World English Bible

He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

American Standard Version

He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.

Geneva Bible 1599

And led them forth by the right way, that they might goe to a citie of habitation.

Darby Translation

And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Young's Literal Translation

And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation.

Bible in Basic English

Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

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Cross references

“he led”

Jeremiah 31:9 Psalm 77:20 Ezra 8:21–23 Psalm 78:52 Isaiah 30:21 Isaiah 49:8–11

Jeremiah 31:9 · BSB

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.…

Psalm 77:20 · BSB

You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Ezra 8:21–23 · BSB

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Psalm 78:52 · BSB

He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

Isaiah 30:21 · BSB

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Isaiah 49:8–11 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its des…

“that they”

Hebrews 12:22 Psalm 107:4 Psalm 107:36 Nehemiah 11:3 Jeremiah 33:10–13 Hebrews 11:16

Hebrews 12:22 · BSB

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Psalm 107:4 · BSB

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

Psalm 107:36 · BSB

He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

Nehemiah 11:3 · BSB

These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solom…

Jeremiah 33:10–13 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again

Hebrews 11:16 · BSB

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

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

In context

6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

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