Psalms 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Psalms 107:35 in other translations
| BSB | He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. |
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| WEB | He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. |
| ASV | He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings. |
| YLT | He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters. |
| DARBY | He maketh the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs; |
| BBE | He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs. |
| Webster | He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs. |
What does Psalms 107:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 107:33-41
33-41. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, &c.--God's providence is illustriously displayed in His influence on two great elements of human prosperity, the earth's productiveness and the powers of government. He punishes the wicked by destroying the sources of fertility, or, in mercy, gives fruitfulness to deserts, which become the homes of a busy and successful agricultural population. By a permitted misrule and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:33-43
What surprising changes are often made in the affairs of men! Let the present desolate state of Judea, and of other countries, explain this. If we look abroad in the world, we see many greatly increase, whose beginning was small. We see many who have thus suddenly risen, as suddenly brought to nothing. Worldly wealth is uncertain; often those who are filled with it, ere they are aware, lose it again. God has many…
Psalms 107:35 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 107:35
- Psalms 114:8
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
- Isaiah 35:6-7
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
- Isaiah 41:17-19
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
- Isaiah 44:3-5
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
- 2 Kings 3:16-20
And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. …
- Numbers 21:16-18
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
- Ezekiel 47:6-12
And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. …
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114:8; Nu 21:16-18; 2Ki 3:16-20; Isa 35:6,7; 41:17-19; 44:3-5
Eze 47:6-12
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Context
- Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
- Psalms 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
- Psalms 107:36
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalms 107:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vuelve el desierto en estanques de aguas, y la tierra seca en manantiales. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il change le désert en un étang d’eau, et la terre aride en des sources d’eaux; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er macht zum Wasserteich die Wüste und dürres Land zu Wasserquellen; |