Psalm 105:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;

New Living Translation
He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.

English Standard Version
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,

Berean Study Bible
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

New American Standard Bible
And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

NASB 1995
And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

NASB 1977
And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

Amplified Bible
And He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread.

Christian Standard Bible
He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply.

Contemporary English Version
God kept crops from growing until food was scarce everywhere in the land.

Good News Translation
The LORD sent famine to their country and took away all their food.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He brought famine to the land. He took away their food supply.

International Standard Version
He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.

NET Bible
He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

New King James Version
Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.

King James 2000 Bible
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke every staff of bread.

New Heart English Bible
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

World English Bible
He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

American King James Version
Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.

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

A Faithful Version
Moreover He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

Darby Bible Translation
And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Moreouer, he called a famine vpon ye land, and vtterly brake the staffe of bread.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(105:13) Moreouer he called for a famine vpon the lande: and he made all maner of foode to fayle.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Morouer he called for a derth vpon the lode, and destroyed all the prouysion of bred.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He calls a famine on the land, "" He has broken the whole staff of bread.

Young's Literal Translation
And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will call a famine upon the land: he broke all the support of bread.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he called a famine upon the land and he broke all the stalks of their grain.

Lamsa Bible
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole stalk of their wheat.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And He called a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.
















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