Psalm 72:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ 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

⁶ He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: As showers that water the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

Common English Bible

⁶ Let him fall like rain upon fresh-cut grass, like showers that water the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ 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.