You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
- BSB You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- NKJV You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- NASB You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- NLT When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 104:28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
- Ps 107:9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
- Ps 132:15I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- Job 38:27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?
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