Psalms 107:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
American King James Version (AKJV)
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
American Standard Version (ASV)
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.
Webster's Revision
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
World English Bible
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
English Revised Version (ERV)
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.
Clarke's Psalms 107:4 Bible Commentary
They wandered in the wilderness - Here begins the Finest comparison: the Israelites in captivity are compared to a traveler in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey, Psalm 107:5.
Barnes's Psalms 107:4 Bible Commentary
They wandered in the wilderness - On their return from Babylon; or, when God was conducting them again to their own land. The word "wilderness" in the Scriptures means a desolate, barren, uninhabited region, usually destitute of trees, of springs, and of water-courses. It does not denote, as it does with us, a region of extensive "forests." Compare the notes at Matthew 4:1.
In a solitary way - Rather, in a "waste" way; a land that was desolate and uncultivated.
They found no city to dwell in - In their journeyings. This was true of the region between Babylon and Palestine; a wide, barren, desolate waste.
Wesley's Psalms 107:4 Bible Commentary
107:4 No city - Or rather, no town inhabited, where they might refresh themselves.
