Psalms 105:16

105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

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He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.

105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

What does Psalms 105:16 mean?

Psalms 105:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָרָא (qârâʼ), רָעָב (râʻâb), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

Hebrew interlinear

Moreover

calledקָרָאqârâʼ/kaw-raw'/H7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

for

famineרָעָבrâʻâb/raw-awb'/H7458hunger (more or less extensive)

upon

the

land:אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

brakeשָׁבַרshâbar/shaw-bar'/H7665to burst (literally or figuratively)

the

whole

staffמַטֶּהmaṭṭeh/mat-teh'/H4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)

bread.לֶחֶםlechem/lekh'-em/H3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:16.

Exodus 16:3

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 105:16 say?

Psalms 105:16 (King James Version) reads: "Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread."

Is Psalms 105:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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