Psalm 72:6 “May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showe…”

Psalm 72:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

World English Bible

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

American Standard Version

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

Darby Translation

He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.

Bible in Basic English

May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

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Cross references

“like”

Hosea 6:3 Deuteronomy 32:2 2 Samuel 23:4 Isaiah 14:3–5 Hosea 14:5–7 Proverbs 16:15

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:2 · BSB

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

2 Samuel 23:4 · BSB

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

Isaiah 14:3–5 · BSB

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

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.

Proverbs 16:15 · BSB

When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Also

Psalm 65:10

Psalm 65:10 · BSB

You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

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

In context

5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.

7May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.

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