Psalm 72:16 “May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the h…”

Psalm 72:16

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

An handfull of corne shall be sowen in the earth, euen in the toppe of the mountaines, and the fruite thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall florish out of the citie like the grasse of the earth.

Darby Translation

There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.

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.

Bible in Basic English

May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

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Cross references

“There”

Revelation 7:9 Job 8:7 Isaiah 30:23 Isaiah 32:15 Isaiah 32:20 Matthew 13:31–33

Revelation 7:9 · BSB

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in th…

Job 8:7 · BSB

Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

Isaiah 30:23 · BSB

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Isaiah 32:15 · BSB

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 32:20 · BSB

Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

Matthew 13:31–33 · BSB

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

“upon”

Isaiah 2:2 Isaiah 2:3

Isaiah 2:2 · BSB

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

Isaiah 2:3 · BSB

And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and…

“the fruit”

Psalm 92:12–14 Isaiah 29:17 Isaiah 35:2 Hosea 14:5–7

Psalm 92:12–14 · BSB

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Isaiah 29:17 · BSB

In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

Isaiah 35:2 · BSB

It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

Hosea 14:5–7 · BSB

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

“of the city”

1 Kings 4:20 Psalm 72:6 Isaiah 44:3–5 Jeremiah 33:22 Revelation 7:14

1 Kings 4:20 · BSB

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

Psalm 72:6 · BSB

May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

Isaiah 44:3–5 · BSB

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

Jeremiah 33:22 · BSB

As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

Revelation 7:14 · BSB

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Also

Job 5:25 Psalm 104:16

Job 5:25 · BSB

You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

Psalm 104:16 · BSB

The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

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