KJV King James Version
He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
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Psalm 147:14
He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
WEB World English Bible
He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
ASV American Standard Version
He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is making thy border peace, With the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 147
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.Isaiah 60:17-18For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.Psalm 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.Psalm 132:15I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.Deuteronomy 32:14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.Psalm 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.Isaiah 66:12For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon [her] sides, and be dandled upon [her] knees.Zechariah 9:8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.Deuteronomy 8:7-8For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;Psalm 132:11The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Ezekiel 27:17Judah, and the land of Israel, they [were] thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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