Psalm 17:14 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁴ From men by Your hand, O יהוה, From men of the world whose portion is in this life, And You fill their bellies with Your treasure, They are satisfied with children, And shall leave their riches to their babes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, Which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: They are full of children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ From men by Your hand, O Lord, from men of this world [these poor moths of the night] whose portion in life is idle and vain. Their bellies are filled with Your hidden treasure [what You have stored up]; their children are satiated, and they leave the rest [of their] wealth to their babes.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Rescue me from these people— use your own hands, LORD! Rescue me from these people whose only possession is their fleeting life. But fill the stomachs of your cherished ones; let their children be filled full so that they have leftovers enough for their babies.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

Psalm 17:14 Cross References

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke Ě

Job 12:9

Who among all these does not know that the hand of יהוה  has done this,

Job 21:21

For what is his delight in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

Job 22:18

Yet He filled their houses with the good! (But the counsel of the wrong has been far from me).

Psalm 39:6

“As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.

Psalm 73:12

See, these are the wrong, And always at ease, They have amassed wealth!

Proverbs 2:4

If you seek her as silver, And search for her as hidden treasures,

Matthew 13:44

“Again, the reign of the heavens is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man having found it, hid, and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Luke 16:25

“But Aḇ

Luke 16:8

“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

John 15:19

“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

John 17:14

“I have given them Your Word, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

John 8:23

And He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world.

James 5:5

You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury, you have fattened your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.