Psalm 147:14
New International Version
He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

New Living Translation
He sends peace across your nation and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.

English Standard Version
He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

Berean Standard Bible
He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

King James Bible
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

New King James Version
He makes peace in your borders, And fills you with the finest wheat.

New American Standard Bible
He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

NASB 1995
He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

NASB 1977
He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

Legacy Standard Bible
He is the One who sets peace in your borders, He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat,

Amplified Bible
He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

Christian Standard Bible
He endows your territory with prosperity; he satisfies you with the finest wheat.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He endows your territory with prosperity; He satisfies you with the finest wheat.

American Standard Version
He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He established your borders in peace and he satisfied you with the fatness of wheat.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat.

Contemporary English Version
God lets you live in peace, and he gives you the very best wheat.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the fat of corn.

English Revised Version
He maketh peace in thy borders; he filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He is the one who brings peace to your borders and satisfies your [hunger] with the finest wheat.

Good News Translation
He keeps your borders safe and satisfies you with the finest wheat.

International Standard Version
He grants peace within your borders, satisfying you with the finest of wheat.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.

Literal Standard Version
Who is making your border peace, | He satisfies you [with] the fat of wheat.

Majority Standard Bible
He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

New American Bible
He brings peace to your borders, and satisfies you with finest wheat.

NET Bible
He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.

New Revised Standard Version
He grants peace within your borders; he fills you with the finest of wheat.

New Heart English Bible
He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

Webster's Bible Translation
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

World English Bible
He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

Young's Literal Translation
Who is making thy border peace, With the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.

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Context
It is Good to Sing Praises
13For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you. 14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat. 15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.…

Cross References
Leviticus 26:6
And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

Numbers 18:12
I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

Deuteronomy 32:14
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

Psalm 29:11
The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.

Psalm 65:9
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

Psalm 65:11
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

Psalm 81:16
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."


Treasury of Scripture

He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.

he maketh peace, etc.

Psalm 29:11
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

Psalm 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Leviticus 26:6
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

filleth

Psalm 132:11
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Deuteronomy 8:7,8
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; …

Ezekiel 27:17
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

finest of the wheat.

Psalm 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Deuteronomy 32:14
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

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Psalm 147
1. The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church
4. His power and wisdom
6. His mercy
7. His providence
12. To praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom
15. For his power over the elements
19. And for his ordinances in the church














(14) Maketh peace.--Or, placing as thy border peace.

Finest of the wheat.--Literally, fat of wheat. (See Psalm 81:16.)

Verse 14. - He maketh peace in thy borders. The completion of the walls and gates of Jerusalem brought to an end the troubles caused by Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem, and established general peace and tranquility in Israel. And filleth thee with the finest of the wheat; literally, with the fat of wheat; i.e. wheat in abundance and of good quality. The prosperity of Nehemiah's time appears in Nehemiah 10:28-39; Nehemiah 12:44-47; Nehemiah 13:12-15.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He makes
הַשָּׂם־ (haś·śām-)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

peace
שָׁל֑וֹם (šā·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

[at] your borders;
גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְ (gə·ḇū·lêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

He fills you
יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְ׃ (yaś·bî·‘êḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

with the finest
חֵ֥לֶב (ḥê·leḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2459: Fat, richest, choice part

wheat.
חִ֝טִּ֗ים (ḥiṭ·ṭîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2406: Wheat


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