KJV King James Version
There 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.
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Psalm 72:16
There 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
WEB World English Bible
Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
ASV American Standard Version
There shall be abundance of grain 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 72
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.
16 There 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.
17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
18 Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
19 And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יְהִ֤יH1961 · ha.yahto beפִסַּת־H6451 · pis.sahabundanceבַּ֨ר׀H1250 · bargrainבָּאָרֶץ֮H776 · e.retsland: country/planetבְּרֹ֪אשׁH7218 · roshheadהָ֫רִ֥יםH2022 · harmountain: mountיִרְעַ֣שׁH7493 · ra.ashto shakeכַּלְּבָנ֣וֹןH3844 · le.va.nonLebanonפִּרְי֑וֹH6529 · pe.rifruitוְיָצִ֥יצוּH6692 · tsutsto blossomמֵ֝עִ֗ירH5892 · irexcitementכְּעֵ֣שֶׂבH6212 · e.sevvegetationהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Revelation 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.Isaiah 35:2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, [and] the excellency of our God.Isaiah 32:20Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.Acts 4:4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.Job 5:25Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.Psalm 104:16The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;Isaiah 2:2-3And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.Mark 16:15-16And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.Psalm 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.Jeremiah 33:22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.Isaiah 29:17[Is] it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.Isaiah 44:3-5For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:Isaiah 32:15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.1 Corinthians 3:6-9I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.Job 8:7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.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.
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