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Psalm 105:16

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105:16He called down a famine upon the earth;

he cut off all the food supply.14

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “and every staff of food he broke.” The psalmist refers to the famine that occurred in Joseph’s time (see v. 17 and Gen 41:53–57).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When he summoned a famine on the land

and broke all supply of bread,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He called down famine on the land

and destroyed all their supplies of food;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He called down famine against the land

and destroyed the entire food supply.

NLTNew Living Translation

He called for a famine on the land of Canaan,

cutting off its food supply.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then he called for a famine upon the land;

he broke every supply of bread.

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land:

He brake the whole staff of bread.