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Psalms 147:14

147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. He: Heb. Who maketh thy border peace finest: Heb. fat of wheat

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He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.

147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

What does Psalms 147:14 mean?

Psalms 147:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), שָׁלוֹם (shâlôwm), גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl).

Hebrew interlinear

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He
makethשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôwm/shaw-lome'/H7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
in
thy
borders,גְּבוּלgᵉbûwl/gheb-ool'/H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
and
fillethשָׂבַעsâbaʻ/saw-bah'/H7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
thee
with
the
finestחֶלֶבcheleb/kheh'-leb/H2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
of
the
wheat.חִטָּהchiṭṭâh/khit-taw'/H2406wheat, whether the grain or the plant
He:
Heb.
Who
maketh
thy
border
peace
finest:
Heb.
fat
of
wheat

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Psalms 81:16

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. finest: Heb. fat of wheat

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What does Psalms 147:14 say?

Psalms 147:14 (King James Version) reads: "He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. He: Heb. Who maketh thy border peace finest: Heb. fat of wheat"

Is Psalms 147:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 147:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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