Psalms 17:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

By your hand, Lord, save me from people of this world whose reward is in this life. Fill their bellies with what you have stored up; let their children be satisfied, and let them leave their wealth to their little ones.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Fro the men of thy honde (o LORDE) from the men off the worlde, which haue their porcion in this life: whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    From men by thine hand, O Lorde, from men of the world, who haue their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substance for their children.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    From men by your hand, Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion `is' in life, And `with' Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied `with' sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.'
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
  • Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?' 21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
  • Job 22:18 : 18 Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Job 27:14-17 : 14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread. 15 His survivors will be buried in death, and his widows will not weep for them. 16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay, 17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver.
  • John 8:23 : 23 He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
  • John 15:19 : 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. But you do not belong to the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them Your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  • Ps 49:17-19 : 17 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases. 18 For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his glory will not follow him down. 19 Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,
  • Ps 73:3-7 : 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. 5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills. 6 Therefore, pride is their necklace; violence clothes them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice.
  • Ps 73:12 : 12 Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree, they increase in wealth.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
  • Matt 13:44 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
  • Job 12:6 : 6 "The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."
  • Job 12:9 : 9 "Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?"
  • Job 21:7-9 : 7 Why do the wicked live on, grow old, and increase in power? 8 Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their homes are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. 10 Their bulls breed without failure; their cows give birth and do not miscarry. 11 They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about. 12 They sing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoice to the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. 14 Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us! We have no desire to know your ways.' 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we profit if we entreat him?
  • Job 21:21 : 21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
  • Jas 5:5 : 5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
  • 1 John 4:4-5 : 4 You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
  • Luke 16:27-28 : 27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so they will not also come to this place of torment.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 127:3
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    3Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward.

  • Ps 104:27-28
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    73%

    27All creatures look to You to give them their food at the proper time.

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    13Arise, Lord! Confront them, bring them down. With your sword, rescue me from the wicked.

  • Job 27:13-14
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    73%

    13This is the portion allocated by God to a wicked man, the inheritance ruthless men will receive from the Almighty:

    14If his children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread.

  • Ps 115:16
    72%

    16The heavens belong to the Lord, but He has given the earth to the children of man.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
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    5'Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. The barren woman has borne seven children, but she who has many sons languishes.'

  • Ps 36:8
    72%

    8How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

  • Ps 31:19
    71%

    19Let lying lips be silenced, those that speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.

  • Ps 37:22
    71%

    22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • Deut 33:11
    71%

    11Lord, bless his strength and accept the work of his hands. Crush the loins of his adversaries and those who hate him, so they do not rise again.

  • Job 17:4
    71%

    4For you have closed their hearts to understanding; therefore, you will not exalt them.

  • Ps 8:2
    71%

    2LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

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    71%

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • Prov 17:6
    71%

    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

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    71%

    10May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.

  • Prov 13:22
    70%

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

  • Job 20:10
    70%

    10His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will return his wealth.

  • Ps 17:7
    70%

    7Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

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    70%

    11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • Ps 144:11
    70%

    11Rescue me and save me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Ps 45:16
    70%

    16They are led with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

  • Ps 17:15
    70%

    15As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

  • Prov 8:21
    70%

    21Granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.

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    70%

    3O my mountain in the field, I will give away your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, along with your high places, because of the sin committed throughout your borders.

  • Deut 28:11
    70%

    11The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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    70%

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    70%

    19LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations will come to You from the ends of the earth and say, 'Our ancestors inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols that do not profit at all.'

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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

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    70%

    17He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it among them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation, they will dwell there.

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    70%

    17Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

  • Jer 18:21
    70%

    21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

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    70%

    8But the powerful man owns the land, and the honored man dwells in it.

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    70%

    13May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields.

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    70%

    14I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my goodness, declares the LORD.

  • Ps 22:26
    70%

    26From you comes my praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.

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    69%

    17Your vine is burned with fire; it is cut down, and they perish at the rebuke of your face.

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    69%

    5The LORD is my portion and my cup; You hold my lot secure.

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  • Ps 90:16
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    16May your deeds be shown to your servants, and your splendor to their children.

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    14In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.

  • Ps 41:2
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    2Blessed is the one who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.

  • Deut 8:17
    69%

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    69%

    2Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. You have given me relief when I was in trouble. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

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