Psalms 81 · Verse 16

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 81:16, King James Version

Psalms 81:16 in other translations

BSBBut I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
WEBBut he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”
ASVHe would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
YLTHe causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
DARBYAnd he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
BBEI would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
WebsterHe would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I should have satisfied thee.

What does Psalms 81:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 81:13-16

13-16. Obedience would have secured all promised blessings and the subjection of foes. In this passage, "should have," "would have," &c., are better, "should" and "would" expressing God's intention at the time, that is, when they left Egypt.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 With the finest of the wheat - מחלב חטה mecheleb chittah; literally, with the fat of wheat, as in the margin. Honey out of the rock - And he fed thaim of the grese of whete: And of the hony stane he thaim filled. Old Psalter. Thus paraphrased: "He fed thaim with the body of Criste and gastely understandyng; and of hony that ran of the stane, that is, of the wisedome that is swete to the hert." Several of the fathers understand this place of Christ.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 81:8-16

We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. People are not religious, because they will not be so. God is not the Author of their sin, he leaves them to the lusts of their own hearts, and the counsels of their own heads; if they do not well, the blame must be upon…

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Psalms 81:16 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽ֭יַּאֲכִילֵהוּVai.ya.'a.khi.le.huand he fed himH398
מֵחֵ֣לֶבme.Che.levfrom [the] best ofH2459
חִטָּ֑הchi.Tah[the] wheatH2406
וּ֝מִצּ֗וּרu.mi.Tzurand from a rockH6697
דְּבַ֣שׁde.VashhoneyH1706
אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽךָ\׃'as.bi.'E.khaI will satisfy youH7646

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Cross references for Psalms 81:16

  • Deuteronomy 32:13-14

    He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 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.

  • Psalms 147:14

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

  • 1 Samuel 14:25-26

    And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

  • Joel 2:24

    And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.

  • Judges 14:18

    And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

  • Job 29:6

    When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

  • Judges 14:8-9

    And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
fed.
147:14; De 32:13,14; Joe 2:24
finest of the wheat. Heb. fat of wheat. honey.
Jud 14:8,9,18; 1Sa 14:25,26; Job 29:6

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Context

  • Psalms 81:15

    The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

  • 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.

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Psalms 81:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Dios lo hubiera mantenido de grosura de trigo: y de miel de la piedra te hubiera saciado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ceux qui haïssent l’ Éternel se seraient soumis à lui; et leur temps, à eux, aurait été à toujours;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und mit dem Fette des Weizens würde er es gespeist, und mit Honig aus dem Felsen würde ich dich gesättigt haben.