Psalms 107:40

NETBible

He would pour 1  contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

NIV ©

he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

NASB ©

He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

NLT ©

the LORD pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

MSG ©

as he heaped scorn on princes and sent them away. He gave the poor a safe place to live,

BBE ©

He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way.

NRSV ©

he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

NKJV ©

He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;

KJV
He poureth
<08210> (8802)
contempt
<0937>
upon princes
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and causeth them to wander
<08582> (8686)
in the wilderness
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[where there is] no way
<01870>_.
{wilderness: or, void place}
NASB ©
He pours
<8210>
contempt
<937>
upon princes
<5081>
And makes them wander
<8582>
in a pathless
<3808>
<1870> waste
<8414>
.
LXXM
(106:40) execuyh
<1632> 
V-API-3S
exoudenwsiv {N-NSF} ep
<1909> 
PREP
arcontav
<758> 
N-APM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eplanhsen
<4105> 
V-AAI-3S
autouv
<846> 
D-APM
en
<1722> 
PREP
abatw {A-DSM} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ouc
<3364> 
ADV
odw
<3598> 
N-DSF
NET [draft] ITL
He would pour
<08210>
contempt
<0937>
upon
<05921>
princes
<05081>
, and he made them wander
<08582>
in a wasteland
<08414>
with no
<03808>
road
<01870>
.
HEBREW
Krd
<01870>
al
<03808>
whtb
<08414>
Metyw
<08582>
Mybydn
<05081>
le
<05921>
zwb
<0937>
Kps (107:40)
<08210>
NETBible

He would pour 1  contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

NET Notes

1 tn 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.