PSA 72:6 Parallel View

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ULT May he come down like rain on the mown grass,
 ⇔ like showers that water the earth.

UST I desire that his rule may be enjoyed by the people
⇔ as they enjoy rain on the growing crops,
⇔ as they enjoy the showers that fall on the land.

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

OEB May he be like the rain on the meadow,
⇔ like showers that water the earth.

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

NET He will descend like rain on the mown grass,
 ⇔ like showers that drench the earth.

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

FBV May his reign be like rain falling on new grass,[fn] like showers that water the earth.

72:6 Literally, “mown grass.” A period of rain was needed after the first crop was cut in order for the second crop to grow.

T4T I desire that my rule will be enjoyed by the people [SIM]
⇔ like they enjoy rain on growing crops,
⇔ like they enjoy showers that fall on the land.

LEB • like showers watering the earth.

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

MOF May his rule be like rainfall upon meadows,
⇔ like showers that water the land!

JPS May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

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

DRA Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

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

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

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

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

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

BB He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll: euen as the droppes that water the earth.
(He will come down like the rayne into a fleece of wooll: even as the droppes that water the earth.)

GNV He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.
(He shall come down like the rayne upon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth. )

CB He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye earth.
(He shall come down like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye/you_all earth.)

WYC Therfore pride helde hem; thei weren hilid with her wickidnesse and vnfeithfulnesse.
(Therfore pride held hem; they were hilid with her wickednesse and unfaithfulnesse.)

LUT Er wird herabfahren, wie der Regen auf das Fell, wie die Tropfen, die das Land feuchten.
(Er becomes herabfahren, like the Regen on the Fell, like the Tropfen, the the Land feuchten.)

CLV Ideo tenuit eos superbia; operti sunt iniquitate et impietate sua.[fn]
(Ideo tenuit them superbia; operti are iniquitate and impietate sua.)

72.6 Operti sunt iniquitate et impietate sua. CAS. Ne resipiscant; non amicti, ut vel liberum caput haberent, sed toti operti.

72.6 Operti are iniquitate and impietate sua. CAS. Ne resipiscant; not/no amicti, as or liberum caput haberent, but toti operti.

BRN Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.

BrLXX Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκράτησεν αὐτοὺς ἡ ὑπερηφανία, περιεβάλοντο ἀδικίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν αὐτῶν.
(Dia touto ekrataʸsen autous haʸ huperaʸfania, periebalonto adikian kai asebeian autōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

May he come down like rain on the mown grass

(Some words not found in UHB: falls like,rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in mown_grass like,showers water earth )

The king will be good, and he will do good things for his people as if he were rain doing good for freshly cut grass.

May he come

(Some words not found in UHB: falls like,rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in mown_grass like,showers water earth )

Alternate translation: “I desire that he come”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

like showers that water

(Some words not found in UHB: falls like,rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in mown_grass like,showers water earth )

“May he come down like showers that water.” The king will be good, and he will do good things for his people as if he were rain doing good for the ground. (See also: figs-simile)

Parallel PSA 72:6