Psalms 80:9

What does Psalms 80:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 80:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;

Context

v.8Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

v.9This passage

v.10The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 12:2

    Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:23

    But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

  • 1 Kings 4:20

    Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

  • Joshua 23:13

    know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

  • Isaiah 27:6

    In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

  • Exodus 23:28

    And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

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