KJV King James Version
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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Psalm 65:13
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
WEB World English Bible
The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.
ASV American Standard Version
The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout—yea, they sing!
Surrounding context — Psalm 65
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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Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.Isaiah 35:1-2The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.Isaiah 30:23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.Psalm 98:7-9Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.Psalm 96:11-13Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.Isaiah 44:23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done [it]: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.Isaiah 52:9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.Zechariah 9:17For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.Psalm 104:24-28O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.Jeremiah 48:33And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; [their] shouting [shall be] no shouting.Psalm 72:16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.Psalm 144:13[That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
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