King James Version

Psalms 107:33

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

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יָשֵׂ֣םyasemputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…נְהָר֣וֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.לְמִדְבָּ֑רlemidbarto desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.וּמֹצָ֥אֵיumotsaeand eastמוֹצָאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and east”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4161a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-) course (springs).מַ֝֗יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).לְצִמָּאֽוֹןletsimaonto thirsty landצִמָּאוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to thirsty land”, the ordinary formH6774a thirsty place, i.e. desertdrought, dry ground, thirsty land.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

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American Standard Version (1901)

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;

Young’s Literal Translation

He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

World English Bible

He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

Darby Translation

He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθετο ποταμοὺς εἰς ἐρήμον, καὶ διεξόδους ὑδάτων εἰς δίψαν·