Psalms 48:7

“Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an East wind.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
- American Standard Version (1901)

By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.
- Basic English Bible

With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
- Darby Bible

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
- Webster's Bible

With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
- World English Bible

By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
- Youngs Literal Bible

(48:8) With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 48:7


48:7 Breakest - Thou didst no less violently and suddenly destroy these raging enemies of Jerusalem, than sometimes thou destroyest the ships at sea with a fierce and vehement wind, such as the eastern winds were in those parts.


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