Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 He will judge Your people with righteousness
and Your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people
and the hills, righteousness.
4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,
help the poor,
and crush the oppressor.


Cross References

Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace,
who brings news of good things,
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Psalm 65:12

The wilderness pastures overflow,
and the hills are robed with joy.

Psalm 72:16

May there be plenty of grain in the land;
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.

Psalm 85:10-11

Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.

Psalm 96:11-13

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and all that fills it resound.

Psalm 98:8-9

Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy

Isaiah 32:16-17

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

Ezekiel 34:13-14

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

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks are decreed
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.

Joel 3:18

In that day
the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
All the streams of Judah will flow with water,
and a spring will issue from the Lord’s house,
watering the Valley of Acacias.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

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