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Taste and See That the LORD Is Good

Psalms 34:10

In 11 translations

BSB
Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
KJV
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
WEB
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
ASV
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
LSV
Young lions have lacked and been hungry, || And those seeking YHWH do not lack any good,
YLT
Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,
DBY
The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.
DRC33:11
The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.
GNV
The lyons doe lacke and suffer hunger, but they, which seeke the Lord, shall want nothing that is good.
JPS34:11
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.
LXXE33:11
The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC34:11
כְּ֭פִירִים רָשׁ֣וּ וְרָעֵ֑בוּ וְדֹרְשֵׁ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה לֹא־יַחְסְר֥וּ כָל־טֽוֹב׃KJV:Ps.34.10
LXX-Br33:11
Πλούσιοι ἐπτώχευσαν καὶ ἐπείνασαν, οἱ δὲ ἐκζητοῦντες τὸν Κύριον οὐκ ἐλαττωθήσονται παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ· διάψαλμα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
  • Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  • Psalms 104:21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
  • Luke 1:51–53He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with…
  • Job 4:10–11The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken. The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

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  • 34:11 in some Bibles
  • 34:10 in most Bibles

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