Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. New Living Translation You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights. English Standard Version They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. Berean Standard Bible They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. King James Bible They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. New King James Version They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. New American Standard Bible They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights. NASB 1995 They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. NASB 1977 They drink their fill of the abundance of Thy house; And Thou dost give them to drink of the river of Thy delights. Legacy Standard Bible They are satisfied from the richness of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. Amplified Bible They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights. Christian Standard Bible They are filled from the abundance of your house. You let them drink from your refreshing stream. Holman Christian Standard Bible They are filled from the abundance of Your house; You let them drink from Your refreshing stream, American Standard Version They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. Contemporary English Version You give your guests a feast in your house, and you serve a tasty drink that flows like a river. English Revised Version They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. GOD'S WORD® Translation They are refreshed with the rich foods in your house, and you make them drink from the river of your pleasure. Good News Translation We feast on the abundant food you provide; you let us drink from the river of your goodness. International Standard Version They are refreshed from the abundance of your house; You cause them to drink from the river of your pleasures. Majority Standard Bible They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. NET Bible They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies. New Heart English Bible They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. Webster's Bible Translation They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. World English Bible They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThey are filled from the fatness of Your house, "" And You cause them to drink the stream of Your delights. Young's Literal Translation They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink. Smith's Literal Translation They shall satiate from the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt give them to drink the torrent of thy delights. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible They feast on the rich food of your house; from your delightful stream you give them drink. New Revised Standard Version They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey shall flourish with the richness of thy house; and thou shalt give them to drink of the pleasant water of thy spring. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they will feed from the fatness of your house, and from your sweet torrent you will give them drink. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917They are abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; And Thou makest them drink of the river of Thy pleasures. Brenton Septuagint Translation They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thine house; and thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Transgression of the Wicked…7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! 8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. 9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.… Cross References Revelation 22:1-2 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” Isaiah 55:1-2 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! / Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. Jeremiah 31:12-14 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. / Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. / I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD. Revelation 7:16-17 ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’ / For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’” Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Ezekiel 47:9 Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish. John 6:35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. Psalm 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand. Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Isaiah 25:6 On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine. Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. Proverbs 9:5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed. Treasury of Scripture They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures. abundantly Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. Psalm 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: satisfied [heb. Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. and thou Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. Job 20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. thy pleasures. Jump to Previous Abundance Abundantly Cause Delights Drink Fatness Feast Fill Filled Givest House Makest Pleasures River Satisfied Showered Stream WiltJump to Next Abundance Abundantly Cause Delights Drink Fatness Feast Fill Filled Givest House Makest Pleasures River Satisfied Showered Stream WiltPsalm 36 1. The grievous state of the wicked8. The excellence of God's mercy 10. David prays for favor to God's children They feast The Hebrew word for "feast" here is "ravah," which conveys the idea of being saturated or abundantly satisfied. This word paints a picture of overflowing abundance and fulfillment. In the context of Psalm 36:8, it suggests a divine provision that is not just sufficient but lavish. Historically, feasting is a symbol of celebration and joy, often associated with God's blessings and covenant faithfulness. The imagery of a feast in the Bible often points to the spiritual nourishment and joy found in God's presence. on the abundance of Your house and You give them drink from Your river of delights Fatness, therefore, is not here the fat of the sacrificial offerings, but the stream of grace flowing from above, to enrich men as the rain enriches the earth. (Comp. Psalm 65:11, where "fatness" means "fertilising showers") The house of God may either be the whole earth (Gesenius), or, more probably, heaven, just as the temple is used (Psalm 11:4; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 29:9). God's loving-kindness is regarded as "An endless fountain of immortal drink, . . . Verse 8. - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house. God will satisfy all who trust in him with "blessings out of his holy seat," and will satisfy them abundantly. The blessings intended are spiritual blessings; and the "house" is, primarily, "the place where God set his name," which at this time was the tabernacle. Faithful Israelites were to expect spiritual blessings through faithful attendance on the tabernacle worship, so far as it was accessible to them. The "house" typified heaven, whence, of course, the blessings really came. And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures; literally, the river of thy Edens. Thou shalt give them access to an exhaustless fountain of delight, a stream like that which watered Eden (comp. Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 55:1; John 4:14; John 7:37, 38).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They feast onיִ֭רְוְיֻן (yir·wə·yun) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 7301: To be saturated, drink one's fill the abundance מִדֶּ֣שֶׁן (mid·de·šen) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1880: The fat, fatness, abundance, the, ashes of sacrifices of Your house, בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ (bê·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house and You give them drink תַשְׁקֵֽם׃ (ṯaš·qêm) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to from Your river וְנַ֖חַל (wə·na·ḥal) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft of delights. עֲדָנֶ֣יךָ (‘ă·ḏā·ne·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5730: A luxury, dainty, delight Links Psalm 36:8 NIVPsalm 36:8 NLT Psalm 36:8 ESV Psalm 36:8 NASB Psalm 36:8 KJV Psalm 36:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 36:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 36:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 36:8 French Bible Psalm 36:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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