Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he shall cause them to eat from the fat of wheat, and from the rock with honey will I satisfy thee.
New American Standard Bible
And with
King James Version
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Holman Bible
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”
International Standard Version
But I will feed Israel with the finest wheat, satisfying you with honey from the rock. A Psalm of Asaph
A Conservative Version
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.
American Standard Version
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
Amplified
“But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Bible in Basic English
I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
Darby Translation
And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
King James 2000
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he would feed him from [the] choicest wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from a rock."
Modern King James verseion
And He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock I would have satisfied you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."
NET Bible
"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."
New Heart English Bible
But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
The Emphasized Bible
Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock - with honey, would I satisfy thee.
Webster
He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I should have satisfied thee.
World English Bible
But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock." A Psalm by Asaph.
Youngs Literal Translation
He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 81:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Obedience
15 They hating Jehovah shall lie to him: and their time shall be forever. 16 And he shall cause them to eat from the fat of wheat, and from the rock with honey will I satisfy thee.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13-14
He will cause him to ride upon the heights of the land; He shall eat the produce of the field; And he shall suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flint of the rock
Psalm 147:14
Setting thy bound peace, he will fill thee with the fat of the wheat.
Job 29:6
In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;
Judges 14:8-9
And he will turn back after days to take her, and he will turn aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, an assembly of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
Judges 14:18
And the men of the city will say to him in the seventh day before the sun will go down, What is sweet above honey? and what is strong above the lion? and he will say to them, Unless ye ploughed with my heifer ye found not out my enigma.
1 Samuel 14:25-26
And all the land came into a thicket; and honey will be upon the face of the field.
Joel 2:24
And the threshing-floors were filled with grain, and the wine-vats overflowed with new wine and new oil.