Psalm 105:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ When he summoned famine against the land and cut off every supply of bread,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: He brake the whole staff of bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread. [Gen. 41:54.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ When God called for a famine in the land, destroying every source of food,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

Psalm 105:16 Cross References

Ezekiel 4:16

Then he said to me, “Mortal, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with fearfulness, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.

Isaiah 3:1

For now the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and staff— all support of bread and all support of water—

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was bread.

Leviticus 26:26

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven, and they shall dole out your bread by weight, and though you eat, you shall not be satisfied.

Acts 7:11

Now there came a famine throughout Egypt and Canaan and great suffering, and our ancestors could find no food.

Psalm 104:15

and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine and bread to strengthen the human heart.

2 Kings 8:1

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get up and go with your household and settle wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for seven years.”

Genesis 47:13

Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.

Haggai 2:17

I struck you and every work of your hands with blight and mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.

Amos 3:6

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city unless the Lord has done it?

Genesis 47:19

Shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We with our land will become slaves to Pharaoh; just give us seed, so that we may live and not die and that the land may not become desolate.”