6He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.


In Context

3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.

4 He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor.

5 He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.

6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

7 In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.

8 He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Psalms 72:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

72:6He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

72:6He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

72:6He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

72:6He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

72:6He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

72:6He shall come down like rain on the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.