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Psalms 59:15

Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

KJV

They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

ASV

וְ/יָשׁ֣וּבוּ לָ֭/עֶרֶב יֶהֱמ֥וּ כַ/כָּ֗לֶב וִ/יס֥וֹבְבוּ עִֽיר

Hebrew

They--they wander for food, If they are not satisfied--then they murmur.

YLT

They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren’t satisfied.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

כְּלָבִ֛ים
klbym
noun · 32×
ן
n
verb · 33×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Jas 5:9 — Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
  • Job 15:23 — He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
  • Job 15:23 — He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
  • Job 30:1 — But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
  • Lam 5:9 — We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
  • Ps 37:25 — I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
  • Ps 109:10 — Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.