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Thanksgiving for Deliverance

Psalms 107:26

In 11 translations

BSB
They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
KJV
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
WEB
They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
ASV
They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
LSV
They go up [to] the heavens, they go down [to] the depths, || Their soul is melted in evil.
YLT
They go up [to] the heavens, they go down [to] the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.
DBY
They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
DRC106:26
They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul pined away with evils.
GNV
They mount vp to the heauen, and descend to ye deepe, so that their soule melteth for trouble.
JPS
They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;
LXXE106:26
They go up to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of troubles.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Aleppo Codex and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads תִתְמוֹגָֽג׃ ׆; Leningrad Codex and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia reads תִתְמוֹגָֽג׃ (“it melted”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
יַעֲל֣וּ שָׁ֭מַיִם יֵרְד֣וּ תְהוֹמ֑וֹת נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בְּרָעָ֥ה תִתְמוֹגָֽג׃
LXX-Br106:26
Ἀναβαίνουσιν ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ καταβαίνουσιν ἕως τῶν ἀβύσσων· ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν ἐν κακοῖς ἐτήκετο,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
  • Psalms 119:28My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
  • Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
  • Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
  • 2 Samuel 17:10Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 106:26 in some Bibles
  • 107:26 in most Bibles

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