Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!
New American Standard Bible
Coming down upon the
For there the Lord
King James Version
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Holman Bible
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.
International Standard Version
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on Zion's mountains. For there the LORD commanded his blessing life everlasting. A Song of Ascents
A Conservative Version
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down upon the mountains of Zion. For there LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
American Standard Version
Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.
Amplified
It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon
Coming down on the hills of Zion;
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.
Darby Translation
As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.
Julia Smith Translation
As the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion: for there Jehovah commanded the blessing, life even forever.
King James 2000
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life forevermore.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing-- life forever.
Modern King James verseion
like the dew of Hermon that came down on the mountains of Zion; for there Jehovah commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Zion. For there the LORD promised his blessing, and life forevermore.
NET Bible
It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available -- eternal life.
New Heart English Bible
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forevermore.
The Emphasized Bible
Like the dew of Hermon, which descended upon the mountains of Zion, - for, there, did Yahweh command the blessing, Life, unto times age-abiding?
Webster
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever.
World English Bible
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forevermore. A Song of Ascents.
Themes
Blessings » The blessing of God rests upon his people
God's Blessings » The blessing of God rests upon his people
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Abundant
God » Ability of » Blessings of, rest upon his people
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Dew, copious
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 133:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living In Harmony
2 As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes, 3 As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!
Cross References
Leviticus 25:21
then I have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it hath made the increase for three years;
Deuteronomy 4:48
from Aroer, which is by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon --
Deuteronomy 28:8
'Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
Psalm 42:8
By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 21:4
Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.
Deuteronomy 3:8-9
'And we take, at that time, the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorite, which is beyond the Jordan, from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Joshua 13:11
and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite, and of the Maachathite, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
Psalm 16:11
Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!
Proverbs 19:12
The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.
Micah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob hath been in the midst of many peoples, As dew from Jehovah -- as showers on the herb, That waiteth not for man, nor stayeth for the sons of men.
John 4:14
but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'
John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.
John 5:29
and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.
John 6:50-51
this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.
John 6:68
Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, 'Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;
John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
Romans 5:21
that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
for the wages of the sin is death, and the gift of God is life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 2:25
and this is the promise that He did promise us -- the life the age-during.
1 John 5:11
and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;
Revelation 1:18
and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.