Psalm 107:40 - The Scriptures 2009 He pours scorn on nobles, And causes them to wander in a pathless waste; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in waste places where there is no road. American Standard Version (1901) He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. Common English Bible God pours contempt on their leaders, making them wander aimlessly in the wastelands. |
“And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naḇoth, the dogs are going to lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”
turning aside the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and He makes them wander in a pathless waste.
They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert way; They found no city to dwell in.
And He struck His adversaries backward, He put them to an everlasting reproach.
And they did so, and Aharon stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and it became gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the land became gnats in all the land of Mitsrayim.
And יהוה did so, and thick swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Mitsrayim, and the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
And the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and shall come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls,”
and the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.” ’ ”
In that hour the word was executed on Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar, and he was driven from men and he ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens till his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
And instantly a messenger of יהוה smote him, because he did not give the esteem to Elohim. And becoming worm-eaten, he died.
He found him in a wilderness, And in a wasted, howling desert. He encompassed him, He made him understand, He watched over him as the apple of His eye.
to eat the flesh of sovereigns, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of strong ones, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.”
But Ya‛ĕl, Ḥeḇer’s wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into the side of his head, and it went down into the ground – for he was fast asleep and exhausted – and he died.
And it came to be, after they removed it, that the hand of יהוה was against the city with a very great destruction. And He struck the men of the city, from the least to the greatest, and tumours broke out on them.
And they said, “What is the guilt offering which we return to Him?” And they answered, “The number of the princes of the Philistines: five golden tumours and five golden rats. For the same plague was on all of you and on your princes.