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Psalms 105:16

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

KJV

Et irritaverunt Moysen in castris ; Aaron, sanctum Domini.

Vulgate

καὶ παρώργισαν Μωυσῆν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ καὶ Ἀαρὼν τὸν ἅγιον Κυρίου·

LXX

And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

ASV

וַ/יִּקְרָ֣א רָ֭עָב עַל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ כָּֽל מַטֵּה לֶ֥חֶם שָׁבָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 8:1 — Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;
  • 2Kgs 8:1 — Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;
  • Acts 7:11 — Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
  • Acts 7:11 — Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
  • Ezek 4:16 — Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishm
  • Ezek 4:16 — Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishm
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 45:5 — Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 50:20 — But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
  • Isa 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
  • Isa 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
  • Lev 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.
  • Lev 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.
  • Ps 104:15 — And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
  • Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two so