King James Version
Psalms 107:25 in the King James Version says “For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand”
Psalms 107:25 · KJV
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. are: Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and raiseth”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“which lifteth up”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“the waves”
H1530something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
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