Psalms 72:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.”
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“May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers--sprinkling the earth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 72:6 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- 2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
- Psalms 65:10You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.
- Proverbs 16:15When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
- Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
- Isaiah 14:3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
- Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Micah 5:6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
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