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NET Bible
He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Holman Bible
like spring showers that water the earth.
International Standard Version
May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.
A Conservative Version
He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
American Standard Version
He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
Amplified
May he come down like rain on the mown grass,
Like showers that water the earth.
Bible in Basic English
May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
Darby Translation
He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall come down as rain upon a fleece, as showers of pouring rain upon the earth.
King James 2000
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
May he descend like rain on mown grass, like showers watering [the] earth.
Modern King James verseion
He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool, even as the drops that water the earth.
New Heart English Bible
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
Webster
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
World English Bible
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.
Themes
Agriculture » Operations in » Mowing
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew
Grass » Illustrative » (refreshed by dew and showers,) of the saints refreshed by grace
Jesus Christ » Messiah » Messianic psalms
Rain » Designed for » Refreshing the earth
Rain » Illustrative » Of Christ in the communication of his graces
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 72:6
Images Psalm 72:6
Prayers for Psalm 72:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For The King
5 People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation. 6 He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth. 7 During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2
My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.
Hosea 6:3
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."
2 Samuel 23:4
is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.
Psalm 65:10
You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.
Proverbs 19:12
A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.
Isaiah 14:3-5
When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
Ezekiel 34:23-26
I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them -- namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
Hosea 14:5-7
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.