Psalms 59:15
What does Psalms 59:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 59:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They--they wander for food, If they are not satisfied--then they murmur.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 56:11
Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
- Isaiah 8:21
And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
- Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- Deuteronomy 28:53
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.
- Micah 3:5
Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:
- Deuteronomy 28:48
therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
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