Psalms 48:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Jer 18:17 : 17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Ezek 27:25-26 : 25 The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas. 26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
Isa 2:16 : 16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.
1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ezek 27:25-29
5 verses
82%
25The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
27Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake.
29And all that handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
Isa 23:14
75%
14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
Ezek 27:33-35
3 verses
75%
33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
34In the time that thou wast broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company did fall in the midst of thee.
35All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.
Jonah 1:4
75%
4But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Ps 48:6
75%
6Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
2 Chr 20:37
73%
37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Isa 27:8
73%
8In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Isa 2:16
73%
16and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.
Isa 23:10-11
2 verses
73%
10Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.
11He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.
Ps 89:9-10
2 verses
72%
9Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Exod 15:10
72%
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Isa 33:23
72%
23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.
Isa 23:1
71%
1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
1 Kgs 22:48
71%
48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
2 Sam 22:16
71%
16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Exod 15:7-8
2 verses
71%
7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Ps 74:13
70%
13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
Job 30:22
70%
22Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.
Ezek 26:17-18
2 verses
70%
17And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there!
18Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.
Ps 104:26
70%
26There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
Ps 107:25
70%
25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Acts 27:41
70%
41But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship {G3303} struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence [of the waves].
Isa 21:1
70%
1The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
Job 26:12
70%
12He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
Ps 83:15
70%
15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
Isa 23:6
70%
6Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
Isa 41:16
70%
16Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 74:15
69%
15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Jas 3:4
69%
4Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither {G302} the impulse of the steersman None willeth.
Ps 2:9
69%
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Job 38:24
69%
24By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Ps 65:7
69%
7Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
Ps 60:2
69%
2Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Isa 60:9
69%
9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Ps 107:23
68%
23They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
Ps 89:40
68%
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
Ps 148:8
68%
8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Ezek 27:12
68%
12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.
Hab 3:15
68%
15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.