Psalms 81:16
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- KJV
- He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
- WEB
- But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”
- ASV
- He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee. Psalm 82 A Psalm of Asaph.
- DARBY
- And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
- BLB
- And He would feed him of the fat of wheat, and [with] honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- ÅB
- Og han skulle fø dem med den beste hvete, og jeg skulle mette deg med honning fra klippen.
[^1]: SLM 8, 1.
[^2]: 2MO 12, 2 fg.
[^3]: d.e. Josef.
[^4]: 5MO 4, 33 fg. 5, 22 fg. - OTB
- Men jeg ville gi deg den fineste hvete,
Og med honning fra klippen ville jeg mette deg.” - B1930
- Og han skulde fø dem med den beste hvete, og jeg skulde mette dig med honning fra klippen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 32:13–14
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;
Read in contextPsalms 147:14
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:25–26
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
Read in contextJoel 2:24
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
Read in contextJudges 14:18
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Read in contextJob 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Read in contextJudges 14:8–9
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
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