King James Version
Psalms 107:36 in the King James Version says “And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;”
Psalms 107:36 · KJV
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. barrenness: Heb. saltiness
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings .
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“that they may prepare”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“a city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“for habitation”
H4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
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