Psalm 72:6 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Tuilleadh leaganacha

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.

English Standard Version 2016

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

Psalm 72:6 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 23:4

As the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, shineth in the morning without clouds; and as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain.

Psalm 65:10

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

Proverbs 16:15

In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.

Proverbs 19:12

As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

Isaiah 5:6

And I will make it desolate. It shall not be pruned and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up. And I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

Hosea 6:3

He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.

Micah 5:6

And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew: as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.