King James Version

Psalms 48:7

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 48:8.

בְּר֥וּחַberuchain angerרוּחַpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).קָדִ֑יםqadimeastקָדִיםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “east”, the ordinary formH6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)east(-ward, wind).תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗רteshaberbreakשָׁבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “break”, an unfinished actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).אֳנִיּ֥וֹתoniotshipאֳנִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “ship”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH591a shipship(-men).תַּרְשִֽׁישׁtarshishTarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁnoun, proper name — “Tarshish”H8659Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an IsraeliteTarshish, Tharshish.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(48-8) With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

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American Standard Version (1901)

With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

Young’s Literal Translation

By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

World English Bible

With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(48-8) With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν πνεύματι βιαίῳ συντρίψεις πλοῖα Θάρσις.