Parallel Verses
King James Version
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
New American Standard Bible
He
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.
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, and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
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Cross References
Genesis 41:54
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Leviticus 26:26
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the 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 care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
2 Kings 8:1
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD 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 which strengtheneth man's heart.
Genesis 41:25-32
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 42:5-6
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn 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 all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Genesis 47:19
Wherefore shall 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, that the land be not desolate.
Amos 3:6
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Amos 7:1-4
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers 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 the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Haggai 2:17
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
Matthew 8:8-9
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Acts 7:11
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Revelation 6:8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.