Psalms 72:6

In 11 translations

BSB

May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

KJV

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

WEB

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

ASV

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

LSV

He comes down as rain on mown grass, || As showers—sprinkling the earth.

YLT

He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.

DBY

He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

DRC71:6

He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

GNV

He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

JPS

May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

LXXE71:6

He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.

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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

WLC

יֵ֭רֵד כְּמָטָ֣ר עַל־גֵּ֑ז כִּ֝רְבִיבִ֗ים זַרְזִ֥יף אָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br71:6

Καταβήσεται ὡς ὑετὸς ἐπὶ πόκον, καὶ ὡσεὶ σταγόνες στάζουσαι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
• 2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
• Psalms 65:10You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.
• Hosea 14:5–7I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.…
• Isaiah 14:3–5On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and…
• Ezekiel 34:23–26I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd. I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD,…
• Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Proverbs 16:15When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

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