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International Version</a></span><br />and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/107.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/107.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/107.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/107.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/107.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/107.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><i>And</i> a fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/107.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/107.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/107.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the evil of those who inhabited it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/107.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />A productive land into a [barren] salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/107.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/107.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and fruitful land into salty wasteland, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/107.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/107.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/107.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />A fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/107.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/107.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/107.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/107.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/107.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/107.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/107.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/107.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/107.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A fruitful land becomes a barren place, "" For the wickedness of its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/107.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/107.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A land of fruit to saltness, for the evil of those dwelling in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/107.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/107.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 106:34>a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/107.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/107.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/107.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/107.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The land has given its fruit to a salt pit by the works of the evil ones who inhabit it.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/107.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />A fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/107.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/107-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=13807" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/107.htm">Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">33</span>He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, <span class="reftext">34</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: pə·rî (N-ms) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">and fruitful</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4420.htm" title="4420: lim·lê·ḥāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Saltiness, barrenness. From malach; properly, salted ('erets being understood), i.e. A desert.">into fields of salt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: mê·rā·‘aṯ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">because of the wickedness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">of its dwellers.</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">35</span>He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a></span><br />And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a></span><br />I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a></span><br />How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10</a></span><br />For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Ezekiel 14:13</a></span><br />“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm">Isaiah 42:15</a></span><br />I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-2.htm">Isaiah 50:2</a></span><br />Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-27.htm">Isaiah 44:27</a></span><br />who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2-6</a></span><br />“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. / The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7-8</a></span><br />“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a></span><br />All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13</a></span><br />If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Joel 1:17-20</a></span><br />The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. / How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. / To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.</p><p class="hdg">a fruitful</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10,13</a></b></br> And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it <i>was</i> well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, <i>even</i> as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25</a></b></br> And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23-28</a></b></br> <i>And that</i> the whole land thereof <i>is</i> brimstone, and salt, <i>and</i> burning, <i>that</i> it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: … </p><p class="hdg">barrenness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-3.htm">Genesis 14:3</a></b></br> All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/47-11.htm">Ezekiel 47:11</a></b></br> But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/39-6.htm">Barren</a> <a href="/psalms/105-33.htm">Country</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/107-7.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/psalms/92-14.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/psalms/105-24.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/psalms/27-11.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/psalms/60-1.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Salty</a> <a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/psalms/104-26.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/101-8.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/113-9.htm">Barren</a> <a href="/psalms/110-6.htm">Country</a> <a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/107-36.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/psalms/107-37.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-3.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/psalms/143-10.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Salty</a> <a href="/psalms/109-15.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/psalms/111-2.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/107-42.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 107</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/107-1.htm">The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/107-4.htm">Over travelers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">Over captives</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Over sick men</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/107-23.htm">Over sailors</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">And in diverse varieties of life.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Hebrew text, the word for "fruitful" is "פְּרִי" (peri), which signifies fruitfulness or productivity. This imagery is often used in the Bible to describe the blessings and prosperity that come from God. Historically, the land of Israel was known for its agricultural richness, a land "flowing with milk and honey" (<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a>). The fruitful land symbolizes God's provision and the potential for abundance when His people live in obedience to Him.<p><b>into a salty wasteland</b><br />The transformation "into a salty wasteland" signifies a drastic change from abundance to barrenness. The Hebrew word for "salty" is "מֶלַח" (melach), which can also mean desolate or barren. Salt in the ancient Near East was often associated with desolation and judgment, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-26</a>). This imagery serves as a warning of the consequences of disobedience and sin, where a once prosperous land becomes uninhabitable and devoid of life.<p><b>because of the wickedness</b><br />The phrase "because of the wickedness" indicates the reason for the transformation of the land. The Hebrew word for "wickedness" is "רָעָה" (ra'ah), which encompasses evil, wrongdoing, or moral corruption. In the biblical context, wickedness often leads to divine judgment. The historical narrative of Israel shows that when the people turned away from God and embraced idolatry and immorality, they faced consequences such as exile and destruction. This serves as a reminder of the moral and spiritual laws that govern the universe, where sin leads to decay and judgment.<p><b>of its dwellers</b><br />The term "of its dwellers" refers to the inhabitants of the land who are responsible for the wickedness. The Hebrew word "יֹשְׁבֶיהָ" (yosheveha) means those who dwell or inhabit. This highlights the collective responsibility of a community or nation for its moral state. In the biblical narrative, the fate of the land is often tied to the behavior of its people. The transformation of the land serves as a reflection of the spiritual condition of its inhabitants, emphasizing the importance of righteousness and obedience to God's commandments for the well-being of both the people and the land they inhabit.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/107.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) <span class= "bld">Barrenness.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">a salt marsh, </span>as in LXX. and Vulg. (See <a href="/job/39-6.htm" title="Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.">Job 39:6</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/107.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 34.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A fruitful land into barrenness</span>; literally, into <span class="accented">saltness</span>. The judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah is probably in the writer's mind. <span class="cmt_word">For the wickedness of them that dwell therein</span>. God does not capriciously withdraw his blessings from a land. If he turns a fruitful land into a barren one, we may be sure that the inhabitants have provoked him by their sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/107-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">fruitful</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּ֭רִי</span> <span class="translit">(pə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into fields of salt,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִמְלֵחָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(lim·lê·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4420.htm">Strong's 4420: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saltiness, barrenness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of the wickedness</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵ֝רָעַ֗ת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rā·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of its dwellers.</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹ֣שְׁבֵי</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 107:34 And a fruitful land into a salt (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/107-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 107:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 107:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/107-35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 107:35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 107:35" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>