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Praise Awaits God in Zion

Psalms 65:12

In 11 translations

BSB
The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
KJV
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.rejoice…: Heb. are girded with joy
WEB
The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
ASV
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.
LSV
The pastures of a wilderness drop, || And You gird the hills with joy.
YLT
Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on.
DBY
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness.
DRC64:13
The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: and the hills shall be girded about with joy,
GNV
They drop vpon the pastures of the wildernesse: and the hils shalbe compassed with gladnes.
JPS65:13
The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.
LXXE64:13
The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC65:13
יִ֭רְעֲפוּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝גִ֗יל גְּבָע֥וֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃KJV:Ps.65.12
LXX-Br64:13
Πιανθήσεται τὰ ὄρη τῆς ἐρήμου, καὶ ἀγαλλίασιν οἱ βουνοὶ περιζώσονται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 38:26–27to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
  • Joel 2:22Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
  • Psalms 104:10–13He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains. They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among…
  • Psalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
  • Isaiah 61:10–11I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride…
  • Isaiah 55:9–13“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 65:13 in some Bibles
  • 65:12 in most Bibles

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