Psalm 72:6 - Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.

Dugang nga mga bersyon

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

May he [Solomon as a type of King David's greater Son] be like rain that comes down upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Let him fall like rain upon fresh-cut grass, like showers that water the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

English Standard Version 2016

May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!

Psalm 72:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

like the first light of the morning as the sun is rising, when a morning without clouds glows red, and like plants springing forth from the earth after a rainfall.

Psalm 65:10

For you, O God, have tested us. You have examined us by fire, just as silver is examined.

Proverbs 16:15

In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance, there is life. And his clemency is like belated rain.

Proverbs 19:12

Like the roaring of a lion, so also is the wrath of a king. And his cheerfulness is like the dew upon the grass.

Isaiah 5:6

And I will make it desolate. It will not be pruned, and it will not be dug. And briers and thorns will rise up. And I will command the clouds not to rain upon it.

Hosea 6:3

He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.

Micah 5:6

And they will graze on the land of Assur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with its spears; and he will free us from Assur, when he will come into our land, and when he will trample our borders.

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my doctrine accumulate like the rain. Let my eloquence form like the dew, like a mist upon the plants, and like water droplets upon the grass.