KJV King James Version
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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Psalm 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
WEB World English Bible
But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”
ASV American Standard Version
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
Surrounding context — Psalm 81
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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Deuteronomy 32:13-14He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;Psalm 147:14He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.1 Samuel 14:25-26And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.Joel 2:24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.Judges 14:18And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;Judges 14:8-9And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
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