The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
Parallel translations
- KJV The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
- BSB The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- NKJV The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever!
- NASB The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. May your heart live forever!
- NLT The poor will eat and be satisfied. All who seek the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.
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- Ps 69:32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
- Isa 65:13Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;
- Ps 40:16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
- Ps 105:3–4Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
- Ps 107:9For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
- Isa 25:6In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
- John 6:48–58I am the bread of life.
- John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Lev 7:11–17“‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh.
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