Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
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.
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
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.
Interlinear
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References
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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 'Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.' 16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. 17 He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
Phrases
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Cross References
Genesis 41:54
and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;
Leviticus 26:26
'In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied.
Isaiah 3:1
For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.
Ezekiel 4:16
And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;
2 Kings 8:1
And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, 'Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.'
Psalm 104:15
And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.
Genesis 41:25-32
And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, 'The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh;
Genesis 42:5-6
And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
Genesis 47:13
And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine is very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;
Genesis 47:19
why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'
Amos 3:6
Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done it?
Amos 7:1-4
Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, He is forming locusts at the beginning of the ascending of the latter growth, and lo, the latter growth is after the mowings of the king;
Haggai 1:10-11
Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.
Haggai 2:17
I have smitten you with blasting, And with mildew, and with hail -- All the work of your hands, And there is none of you with Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Matthew 8:8-9
And the centurion answering said, 'Sir, I am not worthy that thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed;
Acts 7:11
'And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,
Revelation 6:8
and I saw, and lo, a pale horse, and he who is sitting upon him -- his name is Death, and Hades doth follow with him, and there was given to them authority to kill, (over the fourth part of the land,) with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the land.