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Psalms 144:12

Psalms chapter 144 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

Context

v.11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

v.12This passage

v.13Whenour garners are full, affording all manner of store, Andour sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 127:4

    As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

  • Proverbs 31:10

    A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

  • Isaiah 44:3

    For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

  • Isaiah 3:16

    Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;

  • Psalms 115:14

    Jehovah increase you more and more, You and your children.

  • Song of Solomon 8:8

    We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?