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Psalms 80:5

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

KJV

quia præceptum in Israël est, et judicium Deo Jacob.

Vulgate

ὅτι πρόσταγμα τῷ Ἰσραήλ ἐστιν, καὶ κρίμα τῷ θεῷ Ἰακώβ·

LXX

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

ASV

יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים צְבָא֑וֹת עַד מָתַ֥י עָ֝שַׁ֗נְתָּ בִּ/תְפִלַּ֥ת עַמֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 1849×
י
y
noun · 77×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ
y'shnv
verb · 6×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מָתַ֖י
mty
particle · 43×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×

Historic Christian voices

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

1. If any one unpracticed in the art undertake to work a mine, he will get no gold, but confounding all aimlessly and together, will undergo a labor unprofitable and pernicious: so also they who understand not the method of Holy Scripture, nor search out its peculiarities and laws, but go over all its points carelessly and in one manner, will mix the gold with earth, and never …

Cross-references

  • Eccl 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was
  • 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
  • Isa 30:20 — And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
  • Isa 30:20 — And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
  • Jer 9:15 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
  • Job 3:24 — For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
  • Job 6:7 — The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
  • Ps 42:3 — My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 42:3 — My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 102:9 — For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
  • Ps 102:9 — For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,