Psalm 107:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
They wanderedתָּע֣וּ
(ta·'u)
8582: to erra prim. root
in the wildernessבַ֭מִּדְבָּר
(vam·mid·bar)
4057b: wildernessfrom dabar
in a desert region;בִּישִׁימֹ֣ון
(bi·shi·mo·vn)
3452: waste, wildernessfrom yasham
They did not findמָצָֽאוּ׃
(ma·tza·'u.)
4672: to attain to, finda prim. root
a wayדָּ֑רֶךְ
(da·rech;)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
to an inhabitedמֹ֝ושָׁ֗ב
(mo·v·shav)
4186: a seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellersfrom yashab
city.עִ֥יר
(ir)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
They wandered
ta`ah  (taw-aw')
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray; also causative of both
in the wilderness
midbar  (mid-bawr')
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness.
in a solitary
yshiymown  (yesh-ee-mone')
a desolation -- desert, Jeshimon, solitary, wilderness.
way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
they found
matsa'  (maw-tsaw')
to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
no city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
to dwell
mowshab  (mo-shawb')
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
in
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city.

King James Bible
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.

International Standard Version
They wandered in desolate wilderness; they found no road to a city where they could live.

NET Bible
They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they were lost in the wilderness of the deserts and they did not find the road of an inhabited city.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They wandered around the desert on a deserted road without finding an inhabited city.

King James 2000 Bible
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
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