Psalm 72:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the ground.

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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.

Psalm 72:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 23:4

he is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a cloudless morning of glistening as grass springs from the earth.’

Psalm 65:10

You visit the land and make it abundant, greatly enriching it— the stream of God is full of water. You prepare their grain, for so You have prepared the earth.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor like a cloud of spring rain.

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s wrath is like a roaring lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Isaiah 5:6

I will lay it waste: it will not be pruned or hoed, but briers and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.

Hosea 6:3

So let us know, let us strive to know Adonai. Like dawn His going forth is certain. He will come to us like the rain, like the latter rain watering the earth.

Micah 5:6

Now the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from Adonai, like abundant showers on grass that does not wait for a man, nor lingers for the sons of men.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching trickle like rain, my speech distill like dew— like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.