Psalms 107:23

¶ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

They that go down {H3381} to the sea {H3220} in ships {H591}, that do {H6213} business {H4399} in great {H7227} waters {H4325};

Those who go down to the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,

Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 18:17 (3 votes)

    For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

  • Acts 27:9 (2 votes)

    Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],

  • Acts 27:28 (2 votes)

    And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen fathoms.

  • Psalms 48:7 (2 votes)

    Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

  • Isaiah 42:10 (2 votes)

    Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Ezekiel 27:26 (2 votes)

    ¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.