Parallel Verses

King James Version

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

New American Standard Bible

For what comeliness and beauty will be theirs!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Holman Bible

How lovely and beautiful they will be!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.

International Standard Version

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the virgins.

A Conservative Version

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

American Standard Version

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Amplified


For how great is God’s goodness and how great is His beauty! And how great [He will make Israel’s] goodliness and [Israel’s] beauty!
Grain and new wine will make the young men and virgins flourish.

Bible in Basic English

For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

Darby Translation

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

Julia Smith Translation

For what his good, and what his beauty! Grain shall cause the young men to increase, and new wine the virgins.

King James 2000

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maidens.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For how [great is] his goodness, and how [great is] his beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine [the] young women.

Modern King James verseion

For how great is its goodness and how great its beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O how prosperous and goodly a thing shall that be: The corn shall make the young men cheerful, and the new wine the maidens.

NET Bible

How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.

New Heart English Bible

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty. Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

The Emphasized Bible

For how excellent it is! Yea how beautiful! Corn, shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

Webster

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

World English Bible

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Youngs Literal Translation

For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
טוּב 
Tuwb 
Usage: 32

and how great is his beauty
יפי 
Yophiy 
Usage: 19

דּגן 
Dagan 
Usage: 40

בּחר בּחוּר 
Bachuwr 
Usage: 46

נוּב 
Nuwb 
Usage: 4

and new wine
תּירשׁ תּירושׁ 
Tiyrowsh 
Usage: 38

References

Context Readings

The Coming Of Zion's King

16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.



Cross References

Isaiah 33:17

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

Isaiah 62:8-9

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

Exodus 15:11

Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Psalm 31:19

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Psalm 36:7

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalm 45:2

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Psalm 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Psalm 90:17

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Psalm 145:7

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Song of Songs 5:10

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

Song of Songs 7:9

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Isaiah 63:7

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Isaiah 65:13-14

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

Jeremiah 31:12

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Hosea 2:21-22

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

Joel 2:26

And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Joel 3:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Amos 8:11-14

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

Amos 9:13-14

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:20

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

2 Corinthians 4:4-6

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Ephesians 1:7-8

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Ephesians 3:18-19

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

Ephesians 5:18-19

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Titus 3:4-7

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

1 John 4:8-11

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Revelation 5:12-14

Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

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