Psalms 105:16
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Psalms 105:16 in other translations
| BSB | He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. |
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| WEB | He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. |
| ASV | And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread. |
| YLT | And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. |
| DARBY | And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread. |
| BBE | And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread. |
| Webster | Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread. |
What does Psalms 105:16 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 105:8-23
Let us remember the Redeemer's marvellous works, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. Though true Christians are few number, strangers and pilgrims upon earth, yet a far better inheritance than Canaan is made sure to them by the covenant of God; and if we have the anointing of the Holy Spirit, none can do us any harm. Afflictions are among our mercies. They prove our faith and love, they humble our pride…
Psalms 105:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 105:16
- Ezekiel 4:16
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
- Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
- Genesis 41:54
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Leviticus 26:26
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
- Acts 7:11
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
- Genesis 47:13
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
- 2 Kings 8:1
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
- Psalms 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
- Matthew 8:8-9
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
- Haggai 1:10-11
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
- Amos 7:1-4
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord. Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
- Genesis 41:25-32
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. …
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Context
- Psalms 105:15
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
- Psalms 105:16
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
- Psalms 105:17
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Psalms 105:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y llamó al hambre sobre la tierra, y quebrantó todo mantenimiento de pan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il appela la famine sur la terre; il brisa tout le bâton du pain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er rief eine Hungersnot über das Land herbei; jede Stütze des Brotes zerbrach er. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et irritaverunt Moysen in castris; Aaron, sanctum Domini. |