Psalms 107:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

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  • Judg 15:18-19 : 18 After this, he was in great need of water, and crying out to the Lord, he said, You have given this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and now need of water will be my death; and I will be given into the hands of this people who are without circumcision. 19 Then God made a crack in the hollow rock in Lehi and water came out of it; and after drinking, his spirit came back to him and he was strong again; so that place was named En-hakkore; it is in Lehi to this day.
  • 1 Sam 30:11-12 : 11 And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink; 12 And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.
  • Isa 44:12 : 12 The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
  • Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.
  • Lam 2:19 : 19 Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.
  • Mark 8:2-3 : 2 I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food; 3 If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

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  • Ps 107:6
    81%

    6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

  • Ps 107:4
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    4 They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

  • Ps 107:17-19
    3 verses
    80%

    17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

    18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

    19 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Job 30:3
    77%

    3 They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

  • Ps 107:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

    10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

  • Ps 107:26-28
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    77%

    26 The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble.

    27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

    28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 107:12-13
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    76%

    12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

    13 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 106:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

    15 And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.

  • Ps 33:19
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    19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

  • Ezek 4:17
    73%

    17 So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

  • Amos 8:13
    73%

    13 In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.

  • Isa 8:21
    73%

    21 And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

  • Isa 41:17
    73%

    17 The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

  • Lam 5:9
    72%

    9 We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.

  • Isa 5:13
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    13 For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

  • Ps 124:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3 They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

    4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

    5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

  • Num 11:6
    72%

    6 But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.

  • Ps 78:30
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    30 But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

  • Ps 107:39
    72%

    39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

  • Ps 109:24
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    24 My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

  • Job 22:7
    72%

    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Ps 143:6
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    6 My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

  • Num 21:4-5
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    4 Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

    5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

  • Ps 107:35-36
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    35 He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.

    36 And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

  • Ps 78:18
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    18 Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

  • Exod 16:3
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    3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

  • Job 24:11
    71%

    11 Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

  • Ps 63:1
    71%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

  • Matt 25:42
    71%

    42 For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

  • Ps 59:15
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    15 Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

  • Hos 13:5-6
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    5 I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.

    6 When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

  • Ps 42:1
    71%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

  • Prov 27:7
    71%

    7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Isa 48:21
    71%

    21 They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

  • Isa 49:10
    70%

    10 They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.

  • Ps 143:4
    70%

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Lam 1:11
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    11 Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
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    5 Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.