Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs; New Living Translation But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water. English Standard Version He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. Berean Standard Bible He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. King James Bible He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. New King James Version He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings. New American Standard Bible He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water; NASB 1995 He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; NASB 1977 He changes a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water; Legacy Standard Bible He makes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; Amplified Bible He turns a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; Christian Standard Bible He turns a desert into a pool, dry land into springs. Holman Christian Standard Bible He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. American Standard Version He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings. Contemporary English Version But the LORD can also turn deserts into lakes and scorched land into flowing streams. English Revised Version He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings. GOD'S WORD® Translation He changes deserts into lakes and dry ground into springs. Good News Translation He changed deserts into pools of water and dry land into flowing springs. International Standard Version He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. Majority Standard Bible He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. NET Bible As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. New Heart English Bible He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. Webster's Bible Translation He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs. World English Bible He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe makes a wilderness become a pool of water, "" And a dry land become fountains of waters. Young's Literal Translation He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters. Smith's Literal Translation He will set a desert for pools of water, and a land of dryness for findings of water. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible He changed the desert into pools of water, arid land into springs of water, New Revised Standard Version He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry land into watersprings. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For he makes the wilderness pools of waters and a thirsty land into springs of waters. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings. Brenton Septuagint Translation He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good…34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. 35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs. 36He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.… Cross References Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs. Isaiah 35:6-7 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. / The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. Isaiah 43:19-20 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert. / The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. Isaiah 55:13 Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.” Ezekiel 36:35 Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’ Job 38:26-27 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, / to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? 2 Kings 3:17-20 For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’ / This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. / And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.” ... Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. Numbers 20:8-11 “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.” / So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. / Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” ... Deuteronomy 8:15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. Revelation 22:1-2 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Treasury of Scripture He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs. turneth Psalm 114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. 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… 2 Kings 3:16-20 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches… Jump to Previous Changes Desert Dry Flowing Fountains Ground Makes Maketh Parched Pool Pools Springs Standing Turned Turneth Turns Waste Water Waters Watersprings Water-Springs WildernessJump to Next Changes Desert Dry Flowing Fountains Ground Makes Maketh Parched Pool Pools Springs Standing Turned Turneth Turns Waste Water Waters Watersprings Water-Springs WildernessPsalm 107 1. The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence4. Over travelers 10. Over captives 17. Over sick men 23. Over sailors 33. And in diverse varieties of life. He turns This phrase emphasizes the active role of God in transformation. The Hebrew root for "turns" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to return or restore. It signifies God's power to change circumstances and His sovereignty over creation. In a spiritual sense, it reflects God's ability to transform the barren areas of our lives into places of abundance and blessing. a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs The dependence of this psalm on these passages in Isaiah is indubitable. But the images are employed in a different manner. The prophet only thinks of the joy of returning Israel (Psalm 107:39-41). But here the thought is that in the reverses of fortune, which even the chosen nation must be prepared for, God will intervene to protect and save. But the construction is very awkward, owing to the mode in which, in Psalm 107:40, two clauses from Job 12:21; Job 12:24 are introduced. . . . Verse 35. - He turneth the wilderness into a standing water; rather, a wilderness (comp. Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 41:18). And dry ground into water springs. The entire verse is antithetical to ver. 33.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He turnsיָשֵׂ֣ם (yā·śêm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a desert מִ֭דְבָּר (miḏ·bār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech into pools לַֽאֲגַם־ (la·’ă·ḡam-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 98: A marsh, a rush, a stockade of reeds of water, מַ֑יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen and a dry צִ֝יָּ֗ה (ṣî·yāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 6723: Aridity, a desert land וְאֶ֥רֶץ (wə·’e·reṣ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land into flowing springs. לְמֹצָ֥אֵי (lə·mō·ṣā·’ê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4161: A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring Links Psalm 107:35 NIVPsalm 107:35 NLT Psalm 107:35 ESV Psalm 107:35 NASB Psalm 107:35 KJV Psalm 107:35 BibleApps.com Psalm 107:35 Biblia Paralela Psalm 107:35 Chinese Bible Psalm 107:35 French Bible Psalm 107:35 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 107:35 He turns a desert into a pool (Psalm Ps Psa.) |