Psalms 144:14

12 Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

13 Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.

Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

15 Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
KJV
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
WEB
Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
ASV
[When] our oxen are well laden; [When there is] no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:
DARBY
Our kine laden [with young]; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
BLB
our oxen carrying. Let there be no breach, and no going forth, and no an outcry in our wide streets.
ÅB
at våre kuer må ha kalv, at det ingen skade må være og intet tap og intet klageskrik på våre gater.
OTB
Måtte vårt storfe bli avlet
Uten uhell og uten tap,
Måtte det ikke være noen nød i våre gater!
B1930
at våre kuer må ha kalv, at det ingen skade må være og intet tap og intet klageskrik på våre gater.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 8:3–5

    This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

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  • Deuteronomy 28:7

    The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.

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  • Judges 6:6

    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:17–23

    And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,

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  • Jeremiah 13:17–19

    But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

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  • Isaiah 24:11

    In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

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  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

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  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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