Psalms 34 · Verse 10

Psalms 34:10

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

Psalms 34:10, King James Version

Psalms 34:10 in other translations

BSB	Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
WEB	The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
ASV	The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
YLT	Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,
DARBY	The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.
BBE	The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
Webster	The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

What does Psalms 34:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. not want any good--"good" is emphatic; they may be afflicted (compare Psa 34:10); but this may be a good (2Co 4:17, 18; He 12:10, 11).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 The young lions do lack - Instead of כפירים kephirim, the young lions, one of Kennicott's MSS. has כבירים cabbirim, "powerful men." The Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, Syriac, Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon have the same reading. Houbigant approves of this; and indeed the sense and connection seem to require it. My old Psalter reads: - The Ryche had nede; and thai hungerd: but sekand Lard sal noght be lessed of alle gode. That es, says the paraphrase, with outen lessyng thai sal have God; that es alle gode; for in God is al gode.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 34:1-10

If we hope to spend eternity in praising God, it is fit that we should spend much of our time here in this work. He never said to any one, Seek ye me in vain. David's prayers helped to silence his fears; many besides him have looked unto the Lord by faith and prayer, and it has wonderfully revived and comforted them. When we look to the world, we are perplexed, and at a loss. But on looking to Christ depends our…

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Psalms 34:10 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.

כְּ֭פִירִיםKe.fi.rimyoung lionsH3715

רָשׁ֣וּra.Shuthey are in wantH7326

וְרָעֵ֑בוּve.ra.'E.vuand they are hungryH7456

וְדֹרְשֵׁ֥יve.do.re.Sheiand [those who] seekH1875

יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.weh<of> YahwehH3068

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808

יַחְסְר֥וּyach.se.Ruthey lackH2637

כָל\־khol-anyH3605

טֽוֹב\׃Tovgood [thing]H2896

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 34:10

Psalms 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Matthew 6:32
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Luke 1:51-53
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Job 4:10-11
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

lions.
104:21; Job 4:10,11; Lu 1:51-53
but.
84:11; Mt 6:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 34:9
O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Psalms 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

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Psalms 34:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Los leoncillos necesitaron, y tuvieron hambre; pero los que buscan á Jehová, no tendrán falta de ningún bien.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Craignez l’ Éternel, vous ses saints; car rien ne manque à ceux qui le craignent.
German Elberfelder 1871	Junge Löwen darben und hungern, aber die Jehova suchen, ermangeln keines Guten.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Omnia ossa mea dicent: Domine, quis similis tibi? eripiens inopem de manu fortiorum ejus; egenum et pauperem a diripientibus eum.