Psalm 72:6 - Revised Standard Version

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

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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.

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.

Psalm 72:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth upon a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

Psalm 65:10

Thou waterest its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 19:12

A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Micah 5:6

they shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword; and they shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distil as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.