Psalm 107:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Those who go downיֹורְדֵ֣י
(yo·vr·dei)
3381: to come or go down, descenda prim. root
to the seaהַ֭יָּם
(hai·yam)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
in ships,בָּאֳנִיֹּ֑ות
(ba·'o·ni·yo·vt;)
591: a shipfrom the same as oni
Who doעֹשֵׂ֥י
(o·sei)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
businessמְ֝לָאכָ֗ה
(me·la·chah)
4399: occupation, workfrom the same as malak
on greatרַבִּֽים׃
(rab·bim.)
7227a: much, many, greatfrom rabab
waters;בְּמַ֣יִם
(be·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
They that go down
yarad  (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
to the sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
in ships
'oniyah  (on-ee-yaw')
a ship -- ship(-men).
that do
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
business
mla'kah  (mel-aw-kaw')
deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
in great
rab  (rab)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;

King James Bible
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Others went to sea in ships, conducting trade on the vast waters.

International Standard Version
Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters,

NET Bible
Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Those who go down to the sea in ships and do work in the great waters

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Those who sail on the sea in ships, who do business on the high seas,

King James 2000 Bible
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business on great waters;
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