Psalm 72:6 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, Even a morning without clouds; As the tender grass springing out of the earth By clear shining after rain.

Psalm 65:10

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: Thou settlest the furrows thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers: Thou blessest the springing thereof.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Isaiah 5:6

and I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Hosea 6:3

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Micah 5:6

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass: