He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Parallel translations
- WEB He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
- BSB He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
- NKJV He makes peace in your borders, And fills you with the finest wheat.
- NASB He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.
- NLT He sends peace across your nation and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.
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Quick answer
God brings peace to the borders and satisfies with the finest wheat. He grants both security and abundant provision.
Overview
God establishes peace within the land's borders and feeds His people with the best of the harvest. Peace and plenty are gifts of His gracious rule. These blessings foreshadow the deeper peace and satisfaction found in Christ, the bread of life and our peace (John 6:35; Ephesians 2:14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Ps 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
- Isa 60:17–18For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
- Ps 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
- Ps 132:15I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- Deut 32:14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
- 1 Chr 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
- Lev 26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
- Zech 9:8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
- Deut 8:7–8For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
- Isa 66:12For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
- Ps 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
- Ps 132:11The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
- Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Ezek 27:17Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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