Psalms 72:6

Psalms chapter 72 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

Context

v.5They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

v.6This passage

v.7In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.

Cross references

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

  • Hosea 14:5

    I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

  • Isaiah 5:6

    and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  • Ezekiel 34:23

    And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

  • Proverbs 19:12

    The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

  • Isaiah 14:3

    And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,

  • Proverbs 16:15

    In the light of the king’s countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.