Psalms 107 · Verse 23

Psalms 107:23

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
Psalms 107:23, King James Version

Psalms 107:23 in other translations

BSBOthers went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
WEBThose who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters,
ASVThey that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
YLTThose going down to the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters,
DARBYThey that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
BBEThose who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
WebsterThey that go down to the sea in ships, that do business on great waters;

What does Psalms 107:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 107:23-32
23-32. Here are set forth the perils of seafaring, futility of man's, and efficiency of God's, help. go ... sea--alluding to the elevation of the land at the coast.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 They that go down to the sea in ships - This is the Fourth comparison. Their captivity was as dangerous and alarming as a dreadful tempest at sea to a weather-beaten mariner.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:23-32
Let those who go to sea, consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business upon the tempestuous ocean, and there witness deliverances of which others cannot form an idea. How seasonable it is at such a time to pray! This may remind us of the terrors and distress of conscience many experience, and of those deep scenes of trouble which many pass through, in their Christian course. Yet, in answer to their cries, the Lord turns their storm into a calm, and causes their trials to end in gladness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 107:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יוֹרְדֵ֣יyor.Dei[those who] went downH3381
הַ֭יָּםHai.yom<of> the seaH3220
בָּאֳנִיּ֑וֹתbo.'o.ni.Yotin shipsH591
עֹשֵׂ֥י'o.Sei[those who] didH6213
מְ֝לָאכָ֗הme.la.Khah<of> businessH4399
בְּמַ֣יִםbe.Ma.yimon [the] watersH4325
רַבִּֽים\׃ra.BimmanyH7227

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 107:23

  • Psalms 48:7

    Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

  • Revelation 18:17

    For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

  • Isaiah 42:10

    Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Ezekiel 27:26

    Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

  • Acts 27:9-28

    Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They.This is the fourth comparison; their captivity was as dangerous and alarming as a dreadful tempest at sea; with a most natural and striking description of which we are here presented.
go down.
48:7; Eze 27:26; Ac 27:9-28:31; Re 18:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 107:22

    And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

  • Psalms 107:23

    They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

  • Psalms 107:24

    These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

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Psalms 107:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los que descienden á la mar en navíos, y hacen negocio en las muchas aguas,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ceux qui descendent sur la mer dans des navires, qui font leur travail sur les grandes eaux,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die sich auf Schiffen aufs Meer hinabbegeben, auf großen Wassern Handel treiben,