Parallel Verses
Amplified
They wander around for food [to devour]
And growl all night if they are not satisfied.
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.
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.
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
They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,
And go [prowling] around the city.
They wander around for food [to devour]
And growl all night if they are not satisfied.
But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 15:23
“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.
Psalm 109:10
Let his children wander and beg;
Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.
Deuteronomy 28:48
you will therefore serve your enemies whom the Lord sends against you, in hunger and in thirst, in nakedness and in lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke [of slavery] on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Deuteronomy 28:53-58
Then you will eat the offspring of your own body [to avoid starvation], the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, during the siege and the misery by which your enemy will oppress you.
2 Kings 6:25-29
Now there was a great famine in Samaria; and they
Job 30:1-7
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
Isaiah 8:21
They [who consult mediums and soothsayers] will pass through the land deeply distressed and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will become enraged and will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
Isaiah 56:11
And the dogs are greedy; they
They are shepherds who have no understanding;
They have all turned to their own way,
Each one to his unlawful gain, without exception.
Lamentations 4:4-5
The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth because of thirst;
The little ones ask for food,
But no one gives it to them.
Lamentations 4:9-10
Those killed with the sword
Are more fortunate than those killed with hunger;
For the hungry pine and ebb away,
For the lack of the fruits of the field.
Lamentations 5:9
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].
Micah 3:5
Thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who lead my people astray;
They call out, “Peace,”
But against the one who gives them nothing to eat,
They declare a holy war.
Matthew 24:7-8