Psalm 107:29
New International Version
He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.

New Living Translation
He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves.

English Standard Version
He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Berean Standard Bible
He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

King James Bible
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

New King James Version
He calms the storm, So that its waves are still.

New American Standard Bible
He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.

NASB 1995
He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.

NASB 1977
He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed.

Legacy Standard Bible
He caused the storm to stand still, So that its waves were hushed.

Amplified Bible
He hushed the storm to a gentle whisper, So that the waves of the sea were still.

Christian Standard Bible
He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He stilled the storm to a murmur, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

American Standard Version
He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He calmed the hurricanes and they stopped and the waves of the sea were quieted.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.

Contemporary English Version
He made the storm stop and the sea be quiet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

English Revised Version
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He made the storm calm down, and the waves became still.

Good News Translation
He calmed the raging storm, and the waves became quiet.

International Standard Version
He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He made the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof were still.

Literal Standard Version
He calms a whirlwind, | And their billows are hushed.

Majority Standard Bible
He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

New American Bible
He hushed the storm to silence, the waves of the sea were stilled.

NET Bible
He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

New Revised Standard Version
he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

New Heart English Bible
He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

Webster's Bible Translation
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves of the sea are still.

World English Bible
He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

Young's Literal Translation
He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows.

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Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress. 29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed. 30They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.…

Cross References
Matthew 8:26
"You of little faith," Jesus replied, "why are you so afraid?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

Mark 4:39
Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. "Silence!" He commanded. "Be still!" And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

Luke 8:24
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.

Psalm 65:7
You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

Psalm 89:9
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

Psalm 107:28
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

Psalm 107:30
They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.


Treasury of Scripture

He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

Psalm 65:7
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Psalm 89:9
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Jonah 1:15
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

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Psalm 107
1. The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence
4. Over travelers
10. Over captives
17. Over sick men
23. Over sailors
33. And in diverse varieties of life.














Verse 29. - He maketh the storm a calm; i.e. he causes the wind to drop, and to be succeeded by a "great calm" (comp. Matthew 8:26). Such sudden changes do sometimes occur, not only in inland seas, but on the Mediterranean (see Jonah 1:15). So that the waves thereof are still; literally, the waves of them; i.e. of the great waters (see ver. 23).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He calmed
יָקֵ֣ם (yā·qêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

the storm
סְ֭עָרָה (sə·‘ā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5591: A hurricane

to a whisper,
לִדְמָמָ֑ה (liḏ·mā·māh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1827: A whisper

and the waves of the sea
גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃ (gal·lê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water

were hushed.
וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ (way·ye·ḥĕ·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2814: To be silent, inactive, or still


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