Psalms 107:29

World English Bible

He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still.

Parallel Translations

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

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

Update Bible Version
He makes the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.

New Century Version
He stilled the storm and calmed the waves.

New English Translation
He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

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

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

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he ordeynede the tempest therof in to a soft wynde; and the wawis therof weren stille.

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

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

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

Bible in Basic English
He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

Complete Jewish Bible
He silenced the storm and stilled its waves,

Darby Translation
He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof are still:

Easy-to-Read Version
He stopped the storm and calmed the waves.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

King James Version (1611)
He maketh the storme a calme: so that the waues thereof are still.

New Life Bible
He stopped the storm, and the waves of the sea became quiet.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still.

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

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He calmeth the storm to a whisper, and silent are their rolling waves:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(106-29) And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he maketh the storme to ceasse: so that the waues therof are still.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.

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

Hebrew Names Version
He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still.

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

Lexham English Bible
He made the storm be still and their waves became calm.

Literal Translation
He settles the storm to a whisper, so that its waves are still;

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He maketh the storme to ceasse, so that the wawes are still.

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

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters; ²⁴ These see Yahweh's works, And his wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up its waves. ²⁶ They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. ²⁷ They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end. ²⁸ Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He brings them out of their distress. ²⁹ He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still. ³⁰ Then are they glad because it is calm, So he brings them to their desired haven. ³¹ Let them praise Yahweh for his lovingkindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men! ³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 65:7, Psalms 89:9, Jonah 1:15, Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39-41, Luke 8:23-25

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 1:6 - The wind Jonah 1:6 - arise Matthew 14:32 - come John 3:8 - wind

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He maketh the storm a calm,.... As Christ did by a word speaking, Mark 4:39.

So that the waves thereof are still; and roar and toss no more, but subside; and the sea becomes smooth and quiet, its raging ceases: the angry sea, as Horace p calls it, becomes calm and peaceable; see

Psalms 89:9.

p "Nec horret iratum mare", Horat. Epod. Ode 2. v. 6. "Nec maris ira manet", Ovid. Metamorph. l. 12. Fab. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He maketh the storm a calm - God does this, and God only can do it. The fact, therefore, that Jesus did it Matthew 8:26, proves that he was divine. There can be no more striking proof of divine power than the ability to calm the raging waves of the ocean by a word. This is literally, “He places the tempest to silence.”

So that the waves thereof are still - Are lulled. The ocean ceases to be agitated, and the surface becomes smooth. Nothing is more still than the ocean in a calm. Not a breath of air seems to stir; not a ripple agitates the surface of the sea; the sails of the vessel hang loose, and even the vessel seems to be perfectly at rest: “As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.” So God can calm down the tempest of the soul. He can make the mind which was heaving and tossed, like the ocean, with anguish on account of guilt, and which trembled in view of the coming judgment, as calm as the ocean is when in its state of perfect repose. God can do “this,” and none “but” God can do it; and as Jesus thus stills the agitation of the guilty soul, as he did the waves of the sea, “this” proves also that he is divine.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 107:29. He maketh the storm a calm — He causes the storm to stand dumb, and hushes the waves. See the original, where sense and sound emphatically meet: -

גליהם ויחשו לדממה סארה יקם galleyhem vaiyecheshu lidemamah searah yakem

He shall cause the whirlwind to stand dumb, and he shall hush their billows.