Psalm 72:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it wave on the tops of the mountains; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may those from the city flourish like grass of the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of the mountains [the least fruitful places in the land]; the fruit of it shall wave like [the forests of] Lebanon, and [the inhabitants of] the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Let there be abundant grain in the land. Let it wave on the mountaintops. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon. Let it thrive like grass on the land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,

Psalm 72:16 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel had a large populace, as numerous as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.

Job 5:25

You will know that your offspring will be many and your descendants as the grass of the earth.

Job 8:7

Though your beginning was small, your end will increase greatly.

Psalm 104:16

The trees of the Lord are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

Psalm 72:6

May he descend like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

Isaiah 29:17

Is it not yet a very little while before Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be counted as a forest?

Isaiah 30:23

Then He shall give you rain for the seed which you shall sow in the ground and bread of the increase of the earth. And it shall be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.

Isaiah 32:15

until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness is a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

Isaiah 32:20

How blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out freely the ox and the donkey.

Isaiah 35:2

it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord and the excellency of our God.

Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered nor the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the seed of David My servant and the Levites that minister to Me.

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the disciples (the number of people together was about one hundred and twenty), and said,

Acts 2:41

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men grew to about five thousand.

Revelation 7:14

I said to him, “Sir, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of great persecution and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 7:9

Then I looked. And behold, there was a great multitude which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.