KJV King James Version
[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.
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Psalm 144:14
[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.
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BSB 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.
WEB World English Bible
Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
ASV 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:
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Psalm 144
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood:
12 That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:
13 [That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 [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.
15 Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.
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Zechariah 8:3-5Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.Deuteronomy 28:7The 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.1 Samuel 13:17-23And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way [that leadeth to] Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.Judges 6:3And [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;1 Samuel 31:7And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.Lamentations 1:4-6The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.Jeremiah 13:17-19But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.Judges 6:6And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.Jeremiah 14:18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.Isaiah 24:11[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.Judges 5:8They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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