Psalms 107 · Verse 37

Psalms 107:37

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Psalms 107:37, King James Version

Psalms 107:37 in other translations

BSBThey sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
WEBsow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
ASVAnd sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.
YLTAnd they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase.
DARBYAnd sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;
BBEAnd put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
WebsterAnd sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

What does Psalms 107:37 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…

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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…

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Psalms 107:37 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּזְרְע֣וּvai.yiz.re.'Uand they sowedH2232
שָׂ֭דוֹתSa.dotfieldsH7704
וַיִּטְּע֣וּvai.yi.te.'Uand they plantedH5193
כְרָמִ֑יםkhe.ra.MimvineyardsH3754
וַ֝יַּעֲשׂ֗וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they producedH6213
פְּרִ֣יpe.Rifruit ofH6529
תְבֽוּאָה\׃te.Vu.'ahproduceH8393

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Cross references for Psalms 107:37

  • 1 Corinthians 3:7

    So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

  • 2 Corinthians 9:10

    Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

  • Isaiah 37:30

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

  • Jeremiah 29:5

    Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

  • Zechariah 8:12

    For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

  • Genesis 26:12

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

  • Haggai 1:10-11

    Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

  • Ezekiel 28:26

    And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.

  • Psalms 65:9-13

    Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. …

  • Jeremiah 31:5

    Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

  • Isaiah 65:21

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Joel 1:10-12

    The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sow.
Isa 37:30; Jer 29:5; 31:5; Eze 28:26; Am 9:13-15
which may.
65:9-13; Ge 26:12; Joe 1:10-12; Hag 1:5,6,10,11; 2:16-19; Zec 8:12
Ac 14:17; 1Co 3:7; 2Co 9:10

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Context

  • Psalms 107:36

    And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

  • Psalms 107:37

    And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

  • Psalms 107:38

    He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

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Psalms 107:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y siembran campos, y plantan viñas, y rinden crecido fruto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et sèment les champs, et plantent des vignes, qui leur rapportent du fruit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie besäen Felder und pflanzen Weinberge, welche Frucht bringen als Ertrag;