KJV King James Version
They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
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Psalm 65:12
They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
WEB World English Bible
The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
ASV American Standard Version
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on.
Surrounding context — Psalm 65
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
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Job 38:26-27To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;Psalm 104:10-13He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.Joel 2:22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.Isaiah 61:10-11I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.Psalm 65:6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power:Isaiah 55:9-13For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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