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Psalm 107:40

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107:40He would pour53 contempt upon princes,

and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

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Footnotes

  1. 53 The active participle is understood as past durative here, drawing attention to typical action in a past time frame. However, it could be taken as generalizing (in which case one should translate using the English present tense), in which case the psalmist moves from narrative to present reality. Perhaps the participial form appears because the statement is lifted from Job 12:21.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

he pours contempt on princes

and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

he who pours contempt on nobles

made them wander in a trackless waste.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

he pours contempt on nobles

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

NLTNew Living Translation

the Lord pours contempt on their princes,

causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

he pours contempt on princes

and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

KJV 1900King James Version

He poureth contempt upon princes,

And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.