Psalms 17:14

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“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.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“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.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Job 22:18 "Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me."
John 17:14 "I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."
Luke 12:19-21 "I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’"
John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefo…"
Luke 16:8 "“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser …"
Psalms 49:17-19 "for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him."
John 8:23 "He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world."
Luke 16:25 "“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But he…"

Commentary

men . . . world--all men of this present time. They appear, by fulness of bread and large families, to be prosperous; but (Psa 17:15) he implies this will be transient, contrasting his better portion in a joyful union with God hereafter. Next: Psalms Chapter 18

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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