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Psalms 107:29

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

KJV

He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.

ASV

יָקֵ֣ם סְ֭עָרָה לִ/דְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝/יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גַּלֵּי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows.

YLT

He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְּמָמָ֥ה
dmmh
noun · 3×
ו
v
noun · 34×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מַחְשִׁ֔ים
mchshym
verb · 16×
סְעָרָ֖ה
s'rh
noun · 26×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Mark 4:39 · allusion
    "And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm."
    Psalm 107: he stilled the storm — Jesus calms the sea

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 3:8 — The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
  • Jonah 1:15 — So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
  • Jonah 1:15 — So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
  • Luke 8:23 — But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
  • Mark 4:39 — And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
  • Mark 4:39 — And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
  • Matt 8:26 — And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
  • Matt 14:32 — And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
  • Ps 65:7 — Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
  • Ps 65:7 — Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
  • Ps 89:9 — Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.