Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."
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.
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.
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."
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 (May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!) 16 "I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13-14
He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,
Psalm 147:14
He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.
Job 29:6
when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!
Judges 14:8-9
Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion's remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion's carcass, as well as some honey.
Judges 14:18
On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!"
1 Samuel 14:25-26
Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.
Joel 2:24
The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.