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Psalms 107:33

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

KJV

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

ASV

יָשֵׂ֣ם נְהָר֣וֹת לְ/מִדְבָּ֑ר וּ/מֹצָ֥אֵי מַ֝֗יִם לְ/צִמָּאֽוֹן

Hebrew

He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

YLT

He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
מוֹצָ֣א
mvts'
noun · 27×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
צִמָּא֖וֹן
tsm'vn
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 4:7 — And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained
  • Isa 32:15 — Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
  • Isa 42:15 — I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
  • Isa 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the
  • Isa 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the
  • Jer 51:36 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
  • Judg 6:39 — And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and u