Psalms 105:16
“Moreouer hee called for a famine vpon the land: he brake the whole staffe of bread.”
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Psalms 105:16 Context
14He suffred no man to doe them wrong: yea he reproued kings for their sakes: 15Saying, Touch not mine anointed; and doe my Prophets no harme. 16Moreouer hee called for a famine vpon the land: he brake the whole staffe of bread. 17Hee sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was sold for a seruant. 18Whose feete they hurt with fetters: he was layd in iron.
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Other Translations for Psalms 105:16
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
- King James Version
And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
- Basic English Bible
And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
- Darby Bible
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
- Webster's Bible
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
- World English Bible
And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And He called a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 105:16
105:16 Staff of bread - Bread, which is the staff or support of our lives.