Psalms 48:7
With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14Peoples have heard they tremble,—A pang, hath seized the dwellers of Philistia:
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat, made ships of Tarshish, to go to Ophir, for gold; but they went not,—for ships had been broken to pieces in Ezion-geber.
Isaiah 13:8And they shall be in distress—Writhings and pains, shall lay hold, As a woman in childbirth, shall they be in pangs,—Everyone, at his neighbour, shall look in amazement, Faces of flames, their faces!
Ezekiel 27:25the ships of Tarshish, were thy masts Carrying on thy barter, So wast thou filled and becamest very glorious In the heart of the seas.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 48:2-8
The Beauty and Strength of Zion. 1 Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7… Read the whole commentary →