Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Holman Bible
and destroyed the entire food supply.
International Standard Version
He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.
A Conservative Version
And he called for a famine upon the land. He broke the whole staff of bread.
Amplified
And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt];
He
Bible in Basic English
And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
Darby Translation
And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will call a famine upon the land: he broke all the support of bread.
King James 2000
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke every staff of bread.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every {supply} of bread.
Modern King James verseion
And He called for a famine on the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land, and destroyed all the provision of bread.
NET Bible
He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
New Heart English Bible
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
The Emphasized Bible
Then called he a famine over the and, All the staff of bread, he brake;
Webster
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
World English Bible
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 105:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel
15 Saying , Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. 16 And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
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Cross References
Genesis 41:54
And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Leviticus 26:26
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
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 fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
Psalm 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.
Genesis 41:25-32
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 42:5-6
And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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 the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Genesis 47:19
wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
Amos 3:6
Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Amos 7:1-4
Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Haggai 1:10-11
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Haggai 2:17
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith Jehovah.
Matthew 8:8-9
And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
Acts 7:11
Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Revelation 6:8
And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.