Psalms 48:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.”
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BSBPD
“With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 48:7 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- 1 Kings 10:22For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
- Isaiah 13:8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
- Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
- Ezekiel 27:25The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
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