KJV King James Version
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
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Psalm 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
WEB World English Bible
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers—sprinkling the earth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 72
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
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Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:2 Samuel 23:4And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.Psalm 65:10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.Isaiah 14:3-5And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,Hosea 14:5-7I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.Ezekiel 34:23-26And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.Proverbs 16:15In the light of the king’s countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
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