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Psalms 81:16

81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. submitted: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied
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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But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

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

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

What does Psalms 81:16 mean?

Psalms 81:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָכַל (ʼâkal), חֶלֶב (cheleb), חִטָּה (chiṭṭâh).

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He
should
have
fedאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
them
also
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
and
with
honeyדְּבַשׁdᵉbash/deb-ash'/H1706honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
out
of
the
rockצוּרtsûwr/tsoor/H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
should
I
have
satisfiedשָׂבַעsâbaʻ/saw-bah'/H7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
thee.
finest:
Heb.
fat
of
wheat

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 81:16.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Deuteronomy 8:8

A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; of oil: Heb. of olive tree of oil

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What does Psalms 81:16 say?

Psalms 81:16 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 81:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 81:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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