Psalm 72:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

New Living Translation
May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.

English Standard Version
May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!

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

New American Standard Bible
May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.

NASB 1995
May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.

NASB 1977
May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.

Amplified Bible
May he come down like rain on the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.

Christian Standard Bible
May the king be like rain that falls on the cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May he be like rain that falls on the cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

Contemporary English Version
Let him be as helpful as rain that refreshes the meadows and the ground.

Good News Translation
May the king be like rain on the fields, like showers falling on the land.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May he be like rain that falls on [freshly] cut grass, like showers that water the land.

International Standard Version
May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.

NET Bible
He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

New King James Version
He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, Like showers that water the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

New Heart English Bible
He will come down like rain on 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 King James Version
He shall 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.

A Faithful Version
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll: euen as the droppes that water the earth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye earth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He comes down as rain on mown grass, "" As showers—sprinkling the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.

Smith's Literal Translation
He shall come down as rain upon a fleece, as showers of pouring rain upon the earth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He will descend like rain upon fleece, and like showers showering upon the earth.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He will descend like rain upon the grass and like gentle showers that descend upon the Earth.

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.
















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