Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.
New American Standard Bible
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of
And may those from the city flourish like
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.
International Standard Version
May grain be abundant in the land all the way to the mountain tops; may its fruits flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and may the cities sprout like the grass of the earth.
A Conservative Version
There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains. The fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon. And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
There will be an abundance of grain in the soil on the top of the
Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon,
And those of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.
Darby Translation
There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
There shall be diffusion of grain in the earth upon the head of the mountains; its fruit shall shake as Lebanon, and they shall blossom from the city as the grass of the earth.
King James 2000
There shall be a handful 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 the grass of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
May there be an abundance of grain in the land [even] on [the] top of [the] mountains. May his crop sway like the [trees of] Lebanon, and may [those] from [the] city blossom like the grass of the earth.
Modern King James verseion
There shall be a fullness of grain in the earth on the top of the mountains; its fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
NET Bible
May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!
New Heart English Bible
There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
The Emphasized Bible
May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, - Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.
Webster
There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
World English Bible
Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
Youngs Literal Translation
There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.
Themes
Agriculture » Products of » Grain
Church » Progress of » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Church » Growth of accessions to » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Fruits » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
Jesus Christ » Messiah » Messianic psalms
Kingdom » Growth of prophesied
Lebanon » Illustrative » (shaking of its forests,) of prodigious growth of the church
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 72:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For The King
15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth. 17 His name shall endure forever; his name shall remain under the sun among the posterities, which shall be blessed in him. And all the heathen shall praise him.
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 4:20
And Judah and Israel were many, even as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.
Job 5:25
Thou shalt see also, that thy seed shall increase, and that thy posterity shall be as the grass upon the earth.
Job 8:7
Insomuch, that wherein soever thou hadst little afore, thou shouldest now have great abundance.
Psalm 72:6
He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool, even as the drops that water the earth.
Psalm 92:12-14
The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalm 104:16
The trees of the LORD also are full of sap, even the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted,
Isaiah 2:2-3
It shall come to pass in the last days that the mount of the house of the LORD, shall be set in the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills: and all nations shall resort thereto.
Isaiah 29:17
See ye not that it is hard at hand, that Lebanon shall be turned into a low field, and that the low field shall be as the wood?
Isaiah 30:23
Then will he give rain to the seed that ye shall sow in the earth, and give you bread of the increase of the earth, so that all shall be plenteous and abundant. Thy cattle also shall he feed in the broad meadows;
Isaiah 32:15
Unto the time that the spirit be poured upon us from above. Then shall the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the plenteous field shall be reckoned for a wood.
Isaiah 32:20
O how happy shall ye be, when ye shall safely sow your seed beside all waters, and drive thither the feet of your oxen and asses.
Isaiah 35:2
She shall flourish pleasantly, and be joyful, and ever be giving thanks more and more. For the glory of Lebanon, the beauty of Carmel and Sharon shall be given her. These shall know the honour of the LORD, and the majesty of our God.
Isaiah 44:3-5
For I shall pour water upon the dry ground, and rivers upon the thirsty. I shall pour my spirit upon thy seed, and mine increase upon thy stock.
Jeremiah 33:22
For like as the stars of heaven may not be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and of the Levites my ministers."
Hosea 14:5-7
I will be as dew to Israel, and he shall flourish as a lily, and stretch out his roots as Lebanon.
Matthew 13:31-33
Another parable he put forth unto them saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man taketh and soweth in his field, which is the least of all seeds.
Mark 16:15-16
And he said unto them, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all creatures:
Acts 1:15
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples and said - the number of names that were together, were about a hundred and twenty -
Acts 2:41
Then they that gladly received his preaching were baptised; And the same day, there were added unto them about a three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4
Howbeit, many of them, which heard the words, believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
1 Corinthians 3:6-9
I have planted. Apollos watered. But God gave increase.
Revelation 7:9
After this I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and people, and tongues, stood before the seat, and before the lamb, clothed with long white garments, and palms in their hands,
Revelation 7:14
And I said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest." And he said unto me, "These are they which came out of great tribulation and made their garments large, and made them white in the blood of the lamb: