12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:


In Context

9 O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:

10 Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.

11 Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:

13 Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;

14 Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

Psalm 144:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

144:12That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

144:12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

144:12Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

144:12When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

144:12When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters as corner stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

144:12Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

144:12Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished — the likeness of a palace,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: