Psalm 144:14 “Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls,…”

Psalm 144:14

Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

World English Bible

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

American Standard Version

When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:

Geneva Bible 1599

That our oxen may be strong to labour: that there be none inuasion, nor going out, nor no crying in our streetes.

Darby Translation

Our kine laden [with young]; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

Young's Literal Translation

Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.

Bible in Basic English

Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.

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Cross references

“no breaking in”

Zechariah 8:3–5 Deuteronomy 28:7 Deuteronomy 28:25 Judges 5:8 Judges 6:3 Judges 6:6

Zechariah 8:3–5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Deuteronomy 28:7 · BSB

The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Judges 5:8 · BSB

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

Judges 6:3 · BSB

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

Judges 6:6 · BSB

Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

Also

Isaiah 24:11 Jeremiah 14:2

Isaiah 24:11 · BSB

In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

Jeremiah 14:2 · BSB

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.

15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

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