Psalms 107:25-27

107:25 He gave the order for a windstorm, ¹ 

and it stirred up the waves of the sea. ² 

107:26 They ³  reached up to the sky,

then dropped into the depths.

The sailors’ strength ⁴  left them ⁵  because the danger was so great. ⁶ 

107:27 They swayed ⁷  and staggered like a drunk,

and all their skill proved ineffective. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 27:26

27:26 Your rowers have brought you into surging waters.

The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

Matthew 8:24

8:24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

Mark 4:37

4:37 Now ⁹  a great windstorm ¹⁰  developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

¹ tn Heb “he spoke and caused to stand a stormy wind.”

² tn Heb “and it stirred up its [i.e., the sea’s, see v. 23] waves.”

³ tn That is, the waves (see v. 25).

⁴ tn Heb “their being”; traditionally “their soul” (referring to that of the sailors). This is sometimes translated “courage” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

⁵ tn Or “melted.”

⁶ tn Heb “from danger.”

⁷ tn Only here does the Hebrew verb חָגַג (khagag; normally meaning “to celebrate”) carry the nuance “to sway.”

⁸ tn The Hitpael of בָלַע (vala’) occurs only here in the OT. Traditionally the form is derived from the verbal root בלע (“to swallow”), but HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע understands a homonym here with the meaning “to be confused.”

⁹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

¹⁰ tn Or “a squall.”