Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. New Living Translation and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares. English Standard Version may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets! Berean Standard Bible Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. King James Bible That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. New King James Version That our oxen may be well laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry in our streets. New American Standard Bible May our cattle be bred Without mishap and without loss, May there be no outcry in our streets! NASB 1995 Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, Let there be no outcry in our streets! NASB 1977 Let our cattle bear, Without mishap and without loss, Let there be no outcry in our streets! Legacy Standard Bible That our cattle would bear Without mishap and without loss, And without outcry in our streets! Amplified Bible Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, And let there be no outcry in our streets! Christian Standard Bible Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares. Holman Christian Standard Bible Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares. American Standard Version When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Our herds increase and there is none sterile among them; there is no ruin neither outcry in our streets! Brenton Septuagint Translation Their oxen are fat: there is no falling down of a hedge, nor going out, nor cry in their folds. Contemporary English Version and every cow have calves. Don't let our city be captured or any of us be taken away, and don't let cries of sorrow be heard in our streets. Douay-Rheims Bible their oxen fat. There is no breach of wall, nor passage, nor crying out in their streets. English Revised Version When our oxen are well laden; when there is no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets; GOD'S WORD® Translation May our cattle have many calves. May no one break in, and may no one be dragged out. May there be no cries of distress in our streets. Good News Translation May our cattle reproduce plentifully without miscarriage or loss. May there be no cries of distress in our streets. International Standard Version May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets! JPS Tanakh 1917 Whose oxen are well laden; With no breach, and no going forth, And no outcry in our broad places; Literal Standard Version Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, | And there is no outgoing, | And there is no crying in our broad places. Majority Standard Bible Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. New American Bible May there be no breach in the walls, no exile, no outcry in our streets. NET Bible Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares. New Revised Standard Version and may our cattle be heavy with young. May there be no breach in the walls, no exile, and no cry of distress in our streets. New Heart English Bible Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets. Webster's Bible Translation That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. World English Bible Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets. Young's Literal Translation Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Blessed Be the LORD, My Rock…13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. 14Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. 15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.… Cross References 2 Kings 25:10 And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. 2 Kings 25:11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population. Proverbs 14:4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox. Isaiah 24:11 In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land. Jeremiah 14:2 "Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. Amos 5:3 This is what the Lord GOD says: "The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel." Treasury of Scripture That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. strong to labour. no breaking in Deuteronomy 28:7,25 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways… Judges 5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? Judges 6:3,6 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; … Jump to Previous Bear Bearing Birth Breach Breaching Breaking Broad Cattle Complaining Cows Cry Distress Draw Failure Forth Heavy Laden Loads Outcry Oxen Places Pull Safely Streets Strong Suffering Walls Weighted YoungJump to Next Bear Bearing Birth Breach Breaching Breaking Broad Cattle Complaining Cows Cry Distress Draw Failure Forth Heavy Laden Loads Outcry Oxen Places Pull Safely Streets Strong Suffering Walls Weighted YoungPsalm 144 1. David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man5. He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies 9. He promises to praise God 11. He prays for the happy state of the kingdom (14) This verse is full of obscurities. The words rendered "oxen, strong to labour," can hardly bear this meaning with the present pointing, since the participle is passive, and there is no authority for rendering oxen bearing burdens. The words have been rendered oxen laden, either with the produce of the land, or with their own fat (so apparently the LXX.), or with young, pregnant--all open to the objection that the passive of to bear must mean "to be borne," and the latter to the further objection that the words are in the masculine. But since all-phim elsewhere means "heads of families" (Jeremiah 13:21, &c) or "princes," and the noun cognate with the verb is used of a post connected with the revenue (1Kings 11:28; comp. the connection between the Greek ????? and ????????), the participle passive may easily here mean "honoured," or "high in office." Or, from the use of the cognate Chaldee form in Ezra 6:3, "strongly laid," we might render, our princes firmly established; and this is the best explanation of the passage. No breaking in.--Heb., a "breach," i.e., in the town walls. LXX. and Vulg., "no falling of the fence." Others refer to the folds for cattle. (See Psalm 60:2.) Ewald, however, connecting closely with the mention of "pregnant oxen," renders no abortion. So Syriac: "Our cattle are great (with young), and there is not a barren one among them." Nor going out--i.e., either to war, or into captivity (Prayer Book version), or the breaking out of cattle. The first is the more probable. Complaining.--Rather, outcry, cry of sorrow, as in Jeremiah 14:2; or possibly, cry of battle. . . . Verse 14. - That our oxen may be strong to labor; rather, and our oxen are heavily laden. A sign that an abundant harvest is being gathered in. That there be no breaking in, nor going out; literally, and there is no breach and no removal; i.e. no breach made in our walls, and no removal of our population into captivity. That there be no complaining in our streets; rather, and no wailing in our streets. Here the description of a happy time ends, and a burst of congratulation follows (see the next verse).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Our oxenאַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ (’al·lū·p̄ê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 441: Familiar, a friend, gentle, a bullock, a chieftain will bear great loads. מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים (mə·sub·bā·lîm) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5445: To carry, be burdensome, to be gravid There will be no אֵֽין־ (’ên-) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle breach in the walls, פֶּ֭רֶץ (pe·reṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6556: A bursting forth, breach no וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle going into captivity, יוֹצֵ֑את (yō·w·ṣêṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim and no וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle cry of lament צְ֝וָחָ֗ה (ṣə·wā·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6682: A screech in our streets. בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ (bir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯê·nū) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 7339: A broad open place, plaza Links Psalm 144:14 NIVPsalm 144:14 NLT Psalm 144:14 ESV Psalm 144:14 NASB Psalm 144:14 KJV Psalm 144:14 BibleApps.com Psalm 144:14 Biblia Paralela Psalm 144:14 Chinese Bible Psalm 144:14 French Bible Psalm 144:14 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 144:14 Our oxen will pull heavy loads (Psalm Ps Psa.) |