Parallel Verses
Amplified
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
New American Standard Bible
And You have made them to drink tears in
King James Version
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Holman Bible
and gave them a full measure
of tears to drink.
International Standard Version
You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.
A Conservative Version
Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
American Standard Version
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Bible in Basic English
You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.
Darby Translation
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
Julia Smith Translation
Thou gavest them to eat the bread of tears, and thou wilt give them to drink in tears by measure.
King James 2000
You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have fed them [the] bread of tears; you have given them tears to drink in full measure.
Modern King James verseion
You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, yea thou hast given them plenteousness of tears to drink.
NET Bible
You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.
New Heart English Bible
You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
Webster
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
World English Bible
You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.
Themes
Afflictions » God regulates the measure of
Bread » Illustrative » (of tears,) of sorrow
Cup » Cup of suffering, saints drink of
Jews, the » All other nations » Rejoiced at calamities of
Measures » Illustrative » (drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions
cup of Suffering » Saints drink of
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 80:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Restore Us, O God
4
O Lord God of hosts,
How long will You be angry with the prayers of Your people?
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
You make us an object of contention to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh [at our suffering] among themselves.
Cross References
Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Isaiah 30:20
Though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of oppression, yet your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will [constantly] see your Teacher.
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
Job 6:7
“My soul refuses to touch them;
Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].
Ezekiel 4:16-17
Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold (listen carefully), I am going to break the staff of bread [that supports life] in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread [rationed] by weight and [eat it] with anxiety and fear, and drink water by measure and [drink it] in horror [of the impending starvation],