Psalms Chapter 107 verse 23 Holy Bible
They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
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Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;
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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,
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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
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Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;
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Those going down `to' the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 23-32. - Finally, there are cases among those whose business requires them to traverse the sea, where the danger is great, and death seems imminent. Let such persons cast themselves upon God, and "cry to him in their trouble," and they too will be heard and delivered. Must it not be their duty also to give thanks? Verse 23. - They that go down to the sea in ships. That many of the Israelites engaged in maritime pursuits appears from 1 Kings 9:26-28; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 22:48; 2 Chronicles 20:36; as also from Judges 5:17; Psalm 48:7; Proverbs 23:34; Proverbs 30:19; and from many passages of the Apocrypha. Joppa was at all times an Israelite port, from which trade was carried on by the residents (2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7; Jonah 1:3). That do business in great waters; i.e. the sea of Galilee and Lake Merom.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23-32) Storm-tossed mariners.(23) They that go down to the sea.--An expression so exactly opposite to the ancient equivalent for embarking that we feel we have the very Hebrew feeling. From the high lands of Judaea it was a literal descent to the shores of the Mediterranean. So Jonah went down to Joppa (Jonah 1:3). (Comp. Isaiah 42:10.)Do business.--Probably with allusion to commercial enterprise.
