Psalms 147 · Verse 14

Psalms 147:14

He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Psalms 147:14, King James Version

Psalms 147:14 in other translations

BSBHe makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
WEBHe makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
ASVHe maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
YLTWho is making thy border peace, With the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
DARBYHe maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.
BBEHe gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain.
WebsterHe maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

What does Psalms 147:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. maketh ... borders--or, territories (Ge 23:17; Is 54:12). filleth thee, &c.--(Compare Margin).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 He maketh peace - They were now no longer troubled with the Samaritans, Moabites, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 147:12-20

The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these are represented by his favours in the course of nature. The thawing word may represent the gospel of Christ, and the thawing wind the Spirit of Christ; for the Spirit is compared to the wind, Joh 3:8. Converting grace softens…

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Psalms 147:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַשָּׂם\־ha.som-the [one who] makesH7760
גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְge.vu.Lekhterritory yourH1366
שָׁל֑וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
חֵ֥לֶבChe.lev[the] best ofH2459
חִ֝טִּ֗יםchi.Timwheat<s>H2406
יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְ\׃yas.bi.'Ekhhe satisfies youH7646

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Cross references for Psalms 147:14

  • Psalms 29:11

    The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

  • Isaiah 60:17-18

    For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

  • Psalms 81:16

    He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

  • Psalms 132:15

    I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

  • Deuteronomy 32:14

    Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

  • Deuteronomy 8:7-8

    For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

  • Psalms 122:6

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

  • Zechariah 9:8

    And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:9

    Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

  • Leviticus 26:6

    And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  • Isaiah 66:12

    For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

  • Psalms 132:11

    The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He maketh peace, etc. Heb. Who maketh thy border peace.
29:11; 122:6; Le 26:6; 1Ch 22:9; Isa 9:6,7; 60:17,18; 66:12; Zec 9:8
filleth.
132:11; De 8:7,8; Eze 27:17
finest of the wheat. Heb. fat of wheat.
81:16; *marg:
De 32:14

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Context

  • Psalms 147:13

    For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

  • Psalms 147:14

    He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

  • Psalms 147:15

    He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

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Psalms 147:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El pone en tu término la paz; te hará saciar de grosura de trigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il met la paix dans tes confins; il te rassasie de la moelle du froment;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er, der Frieden stellt in deine Grenzen, dich sättigt mit dem Fette des Weizens;