Psalms 80:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.”

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BSBPD

“You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 80:5 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
  2. Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
  3. Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
  4. Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
  5. Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
  6. Isaiah 30:20The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
  7. Lamentations 3:43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
  8. Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
  9. Ezekiel 4:16Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.

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