Psalms 144:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.”
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“Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That 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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because our sons <FI>are<Fi> as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished--the likeness of a palace,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 144:12 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 7:13He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
- Job 42:15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
- Psalms 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
- Psalms 127:4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Song of Solomon 8:8We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
- Isaiah 3:16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Lamentations 4:2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
- Zechariah 9:17How lovely they will be,and how beautiful!Grain will make the young men flourish,and new wine, the young women.
- 1 Peter 3:3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
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