The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
Parallel translations
- WEB The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
- KJV The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
- 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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Quick answer
The humble who seek God will eat, be satisfied, and live forever. Salvation brings lasting fullness to the lowly.
Overview
The thank offering becomes a shared meal where the poor and humble are satisfied, a picture of God's provision for those who seek him. The promise that their hearts will live forever reaches beyond physical nourishment to abundant and enduring life. This anticipates the gospel feast in Christ, who satisfies the hungry soul and grants eternal life to all who come to him.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 69:32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
- Isa 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
- Ps 40:16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
- Ps 105:3–4Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
- Ps 107:9For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- Isa 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- John 6:48–58I am the bread of life.
- John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Lev 7:11–17Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
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