Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 will live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall praise him all day long.
16
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of
And may those from the city flourish like
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 4:20
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They ate and drank and were very happy.
Job 5:25
You will find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth.
Job 8:7
Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
Psalm 72:6
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
Psalm 92:12-14
Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.
Psalm 104:16
Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
Isaiah 2:2-3
In the last days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be established as the highest of the mountains and exalted above the hills. All the nations will stream to it.
Isaiah 29:17
Soon the forest of Lebanon will become a fertile field thick with trees.
Isaiah 30:23
Jehovah will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures.
Isaiah 32:15
The Spirit will be poured out upon us from on high. Then the wilderness will be turned into a fertile field, and the fertile field will be considered a forest.
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed are those who plant beside every stream and those who let cattle and donkeys roam freely.
Isaiah 35:2
The desert will sing and shout for joy! It will be beautiful like the Lebanon Mountains. It will be fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see Jehovah's splendor. They will see his greatness and power.
Isaiah 44:3-5
I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring. I will give blessing to your descendants.
Jeremiah 33:22
I will increase the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who serve me in the same way as the stars of heaven that cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore that cannot be measured.'
Hosea 14:5-7
I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Matthew 13:31-33
In another illustration Jesus said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man sowed in his field.
Mark 16:15-16
He said to them, Go into the entire world, and preach the good news to the whole creation.
Acts 1:15
In these days Peter stood up among the brothers (about a hundred and twenty), and said:
Acts 2:41
Those who gladly received his word were baptized. About three thousand persons were added the same day.
Acts 4:4
Many who heard the word believed. There were about five thousand men.
1 Corinthians 3:6-9
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God caused the growth.
Revelation 7:9
After this I saw a great crowd that no man could number. It was from all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues. It stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes. They had palm branches in their hands.
Revelation 7:14
I said to him: Sir, you know. He said to me: These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.