Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Let the mountains bring peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.

King James Version

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

Holman Bible

May the mountains bring prosperity to the people
and the hills, righteousness.

International Standard Version

May the mountains bring prosperity to the people and the hills bring righteousness.

A Conservative Version

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.

American Standard Version

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

Amplified


The mountains will bring peace and prosperity to the people,
And the hills, in [the establishment of] righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

Darby Translation

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.

Julia Smith Translation

The mountains shall lift up peace to the people, and the hills in justice.

King James 2000

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let [the] mountains yield prosperity for the people, and [the] hills in righteousness.

Modern King James verseion

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills by righteousness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The mountains also shall bring peace, and the little hills righteousness unto the people.

NET Bible

The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

New Heart English Bible

The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

The Emphasized Bible

May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills be laden with righteousness;

Webster

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

World English Bible

The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Prayer For The King

2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! 3 Let the mountains bring peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!

Cross References

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."

Psalm 65:12

The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy,

Psalm 72:16

May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field!

Psalm 85:10-11

Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Psalm 96:11-13

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

Psalm 98:8-9

Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together

Isaiah 32:16-17

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

Ezekiel 34:13-14

And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

Daniel 9:24

"Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.

Joel 3:18

"And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Shittim.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

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