King James Version
Psalms 107:4 in the King James Version says “They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.”
Psalms 107:4 · KJV
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. south: Heb. sea
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They wandered”
H8582to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
“in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“no city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“to dwell”
H4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“they found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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