Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And he will call a famine upon the land: he broke all the support of bread.

New American Standard Bible

And He called for a famine upon the land;
He broke the whole staff of bread.

King James Version

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

Holman Bible

He called down famine against the land
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.

American Standard Version

And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

Amplified


And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt];
He cut off every source of bread.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

upon the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

he brake
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

the whole staff
מטּה מטּה 
Matteh 
Usage: 251

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel

15 Ye shall not touch upon my Messiah, and ye shall not do evil to my prophets. 16 And he will call a famine upon the land: he broke all the support of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, for a servant was he sold:

Cross References

Genesis 41:54

And the seven years of famine will begin to come, according to that Joseph said: and the famine will be in all the lands; and in all the land of Egypt was bread.

Leviticus 26:26

In my breaking to you the rod of bread, and ten women baked your bread in one oven, and they returned your bread by weight: and ye ate, and ye shall not be satisfied.

Isaiah 3:1

For behold, the Lord Jehovah of armies taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay, and the stay, all the stay of bread, and all the stay of water.

Ezekiel 4:16

And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment

2 Kings 8:1

And Elisha spake to the woman whom he restored to life her son, saying, Arise, and go thou, and thy house, and sojourn where thou wilt sojourn; for Jehovah called for a famine; and also coming to the land seven

Psalm 104:15

And wine will gladden the heart of man, to cause the face to shine from oil, and bread will support the heart of man.

Genesis 41:25-32

And Joseph will say to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh, one: this which he did; God announces to Pharaoh.

Genesis 42:5-6

And the sons of Israel will come to buy in the midst of those coming; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 47:13

And no bread in all the land; for the famine was heavy exceedingly, and the land of Egypt was exhausted, and the land of Canaan, from before the famine.

Genesis 47:19

For what shall we die before thine eyes, also we, also our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give seed, and we shall live and not die, and the land shall not be laid waste.

Amos 3:6

If the trumpet shall be struck in the city and the people not be terrified? if evil shall be in the city and Jehovah did not?

Amos 7:1-4

Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see; and behold, he will form locusts in the beginning of the coming up of the latter grass; and behold, the latter grass after the moorings of the king.

Haggai 1:10-11

For this the heavens over you were shut up from dew, and the earth withheld her produce.

Haggai 2:17

I struck you with blasting and with yellowness and with hail in all the work of your hands; and none with you to me, says Jehovah.

Matthew 8:8-9

And the captain of a hundred having answered said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter in under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

Acts 7:11

And a famine came upon the whole land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great pressure: and our fathers found no food.

Revelation 6:8

And I saw, and behold a pale horse: and he sitting above him the name to him Death, and Hades follows with him. And power was given to them to kill upon the fourth of the earth, with sword, and by famine, and by death, and by wild beasts of the earth.

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