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International Version</a></span><br />He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/107.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/107.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/107.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/107.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/107.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/107.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/107.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/107.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He changes a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into springs of water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/107.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He makes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/107.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He turns a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/107.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He turns a desert into a pool, dry land into springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/107.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/107.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/107.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the LORD can also turn deserts into lakes and scorched land into flowing streams. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/107.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/107.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He changes deserts into lakes and dry ground into springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/107.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He changed deserts into pools of water and dry land into flowing springs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/107.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/107.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/107.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/107.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/107.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/107.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/107.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He makes a wilderness become a pool of water, "" And a dry land become fountains of waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/107.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/107.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He will set a desert for pools of water, and a land of dryness for findings of water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/107.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/107.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 106:35>He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/107.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He changed the desert into pools of water, arid land into springs of water, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/107.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/107.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He turns the wilderness into pools of water and dry land into watersprings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/107.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For he makes the wilderness pools of waters and a thirsty land into springs of waters.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/107.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/107.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/107-35.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=13813" 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">34</span>and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: yā·śêm (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">He turns</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: miḏ·bār (N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">a desert</a> <a href="/hebrew/98.htm" title="98: la·’ă·ḡam- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A marsh, muddy pool. From an unused root; a marsh; hence a rush; hence a stockade of reeds.">into pools</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">of water</a> <a href="/hebrew/6723.htm" title="6723: ṣî·yāh (Adj-fs) -- Dryness, drought. From an unused root meaning to parch; aridity; concretely, a desert.">and a dry</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: wə·’e·reṣ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4161.htm" title="4161: lə·mō·ṣā·’ê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring. ">into flowing springs.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: mā·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen."></a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.…<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="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Isaiah 41:18</a></span><br />I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Isaiah 35:6-7</a></span><br />Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. / The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Isaiah 43:19-20</a></span><br />Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert. / The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a></span><br />For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-13.htm">Isaiah 55:13</a></span><br />Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35</a></span><br />Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/38-26.htm">Job 38:26-27</a></span><br />to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, / to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-17.htm">2 Kings 3:17-20</a></span><br />For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’ / This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. / And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Exodus 17:6</a></span><br />Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-8.htm">Numbers 20:8-11</a></span><br />“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.” / So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded. / Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Deuteronomy 8:15</a></span><br />He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a></span><br />But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Revelation 21:6</a></span><br />And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs.</p><p class="hdg">turneth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Psalm 114:8</a></b></br> Which turned the rock <i>into</i> a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/21-16.htm">Numbers 21:16-18</a></b></br> And from thence <i>they went</i> to Beer: that <i>is</i> the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/3-16.htm">2 Kings 3:16-20</a></b></br> And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Changes</a> <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/job/40-21.htm">Pool</a> <a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">Pools</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Water</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Watersprings</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Water-Springs</a> <a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-1.htm">Changes</a> <a href="/psalms/136-16.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/psalms/109-10.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/psalms/119-136.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/psalms/143-3.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/psalms/107-36.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/psalms/107-36.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/psalms/143-6.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Pool</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm">Pools</a> <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/psalms/111-3.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/psalms/109-7.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/114-3.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/psalms/107-40.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Water</a> <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Watersprings</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Water-Springs</a> <a href="/psalms/107-40.htm">Wilderness</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/psalms/107.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>He turns</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the active role of God in transformation. The Hebrew root for "turns" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to return or restore. It signifies God's power to change circumstances and His sovereignty over creation. In a spiritual sense, it reflects God's ability to transform the barren areas of our lives into places of abundance and blessing.<p><b>a desert</b><br />The word "desert" in Hebrew is "מִדְבָּר" (midbar), which refers to a wilderness or uninhabited land. Historically, deserts were seen as places of desolation and hardship. In the biblical narrative, deserts often symbolize times of testing and reliance on God, as seen in the Israelites' journey through the wilderness. This transformation from desert to abundance highlights God's provision and faithfulness.<p><b>into pools of water</b><br />The transformation into "pools of water" signifies life, refreshment, and sustenance. Water is a recurring symbol of life and purification in the Bible. The Hebrew word for "pools" is "אֲגַם" (agam), which can mean a body of water or a reservoir. This imagery evokes the idea of God providing not just enough, but an abundance that sustains and revives.<p><b>and a dry land</b><br />"Dry land" in Hebrew is "אֶרֶץ צִיָּה" (eretz tziyah), indicating a parched, barren place. This phrase underscores the severity of the initial condition before God's intervention. In biblical times, dry lands were often associated with famine and desolation, making the transformation even more miraculous and significant.<p><b>into flowing springs</b><br />The phrase "flowing springs" translates from the Hebrew "מַעְיָנוֹת מָיִם" (ma'yanot mayim), which suggests a continuous, life-giving source of water. Springs are natural sources of water that flow from the ground, symbolizing God's provision that is both natural and supernatural. This transformation speaks to the renewal and ongoing sustenance that God provides, turning lifelessness into vitality.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/107.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) <span class= "bld">Standing water.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">a pool of water. </span>(See <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm" title="And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.">Isaiah 35:7</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/41-18.htm" title="I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the middle of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.">Isaiah 41:18-19</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm" title="I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.">Isaiah 42:15</a>.)<p>The dependence of this psalm on these passages in Isaiah is indubitable. But the images are employed in a different manner. The prophet only thinks of the joy of returning Israel (<a href="/context/psalms/107-39.htm" title="Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.">Psalm 107:39-41</a>). But here the thought is that in the reverses of fortune, which even the chosen nation must be prepared for, God will intervene to protect and save. But the construction is very awkward, owing to the mode in which, in <a href="/psalms/107-40.htm" title="He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.">Psalm 107:40</a>, two clauses from <a href="/job/12-21.htm" title="He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.">Job 12:21</a>; <a href="/job/12-24.htm" title="He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.">Job 12:24</a> are introduced. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/107.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He turneth the wilderness into a standing water</span>; rather, <span class="accented">a wilderness</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Isaiah 41:18</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And dry ground into water springs</span>. The entire verse is antithetical to ver. 33. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/107-35.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">He turns</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשֵׂ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·śêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a desert</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֭דְבָּר</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into pools</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽאֲגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(la·’ă·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_98.htm">Strong's 98: </a> </span><span class="str2">A marsh, a rush, a stockade of reeds</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of water,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a dry</span><br /><span class="heb">צִ֝יָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6723.htm">Strong's 6723: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aridity, a desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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 flowing springs.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמֹצָ֥אֵי</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·ṣā·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4161.htm">Strong's 4161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalm 107:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 107:35 He turns a desert into a pool (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/107-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 107:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 107:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/107-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 107:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 107:36" /></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>