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Psalms Chapter 105 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 105:16

And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.
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BBE Psalms 105:16

And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
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DARBY Psalms 105:16

And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
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KJV Psalms 105:16

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
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WBT Psalms 105:16

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WEB Psalms 105:16

He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
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YLT Psalms 105:16

And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Moreover he called for a famine upon the land. To "call for a famine" is the same thing as to create a famine. What God "calls for" immediately exists (see Genesis 1:3). "The land" intended is the land of Canaan. He brake the whole staff of bread (comp. Leviticus 26:26; Isaiah lit. 1). Bread is called a "staff," as the great support of life. (For the severity of the famine in Canaan, see Genesis 41:1; Genesis 42:5; Genesis 43:1.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Called for a famine.--Comp. 2Kings 8:1; and in Ezekiel 14 we see how famine, with war and pestilence and noisome beasts, were regarded as Divine emissaries to be summoned and sent on His missions.Staff of bread.--Leviticus 26:26. (See, too, Note on Psalm 104:15.)