Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
Holman Bible
they growl if they are not satisfied.
International Standard Version
They scavenge for food. If they find nothing, they become hungry and growl.
A Conservative Version
They shall wander up and down for food, and tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
American Standard Version
They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
Amplified
They wander around for food [to devour]
And growl all night if they are not satisfied.
Darby Translation
They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall wander to and fro to eat, though they shall not be satisfied; and they will pass the night
King James 2000
Let them wander up and down for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As for them, they wander for food. If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.
Modern King James verseion
Let them wander up and down for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them run here and there for meat, and grudge when they have not enough.
NET Bible
They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full.
New Heart English Bible
They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
The Emphasized Bible
They, may prowl about for food, - And, if they are not satisfied, then let them whine!
Webster
Let them wander up and down for food, and grudge if they are not satisfied.
World English Bible
They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
Youngs Literal Translation
They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
14 And in the evening let them come back, and make a noise like a dog, and go round the town. 15 Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough. 16 But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 15:23
He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
Psalm 109:10
Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.
Deuteronomy 28:48
For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.
Deuteronomy 28:53-58
And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.
2 Kings 6:25-29
And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
Job 30:1-7
But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.
Isaiah 8:21
And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;
Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
Lamentations 4:4-5
The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
Lamentations 4:9-10
Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
Lamentations 5:9
We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.
Micah 3:5
This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.
Matthew 24:7-8
For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;