Psalms 81:16

Psalms 81:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
• New International Version (NIV)But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.”

Context of Psalms 81:16

14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15The haters of Yhwh should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Psalms 81:16 word by word

וַֽ֭יַּאֲכִילֵהוּ מֵחֵ֣לֶב חִטָּ֑ה וּ֝מִצּ֗וּר דְּבַ֣שׁ אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• He should have fedאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• them also with the finestחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• of the wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• and with honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
• out of the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• should I have satisfiedשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646

Cross-references for Psalms 81:16

• Psalms 147:14He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
• Deuteronomy 32:13He 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;
• Joel 2:24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the pressfats shall overflow with wine and oil.
• Judges 14:8And 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.
• 1 Samuel 14:25And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
• Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

Commentaries on Psalms 81:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16With the finest of the wheat - חטה מחלב mecheleb chittah ; literally, with the fat of wheat, as in the margin. Honey out of the rock - And he fed thaim of the grese of whete: And of the hony stane he thaim filled. Old Psalter. Thus paraphrased: "He fed thaim with the body of Criste and gastely understandyng; and of hony that ran of the stane, that is, of the wisedome that is swete to the hert." Several of the fathers understand this place of Christ.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16He should have fed them also - He would have given them prosperity, and their land would have produced abundantly of the necessities - even of the luxuries - of life. This is in accordance with the usual promises of the Scriptures, that obedience to God will be followed by national temporal prosperity. See Deuteronomy 32:13-14; 1 Timothy 4:8; Psalm 37:11. Compare the notes at Matthew 5:5. With the finest of the wheat - Margin, as in Hebrew, with the fat…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. People are not religious, because they will not be so. God is not the Author of their sin, he leaves them to the lusts of their own hearts, and the counsels of their own heads; if they do not well, the blame must be upon themselves. The Lord is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-16The Lord helps Israel to understand that their failure was not because of his weakness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. Obedience would have secured all promised blessings and the subjection of foes. In this passage, "should have," "would have," &c., are better, "should" and "would" expressing God's intention at the time, that is, when they left Egypt.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 81:16

• Blessing
• Bread
• Fat
• Honey
• Wheat

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Commentaries on Psalms 81

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings