Psalms 72:6

← Psalms 72:5	Psalms 72:6 (KJV)	Psalms 72:7 →
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.	He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.	In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He shall come down^H3381 like rain^H4306 upon the mown^H1488 grass: as showers^H7241 that water^H2222 the earth^H776.

Original Hebrew

יֵרֵד כְּמָטָר עַל־גֵּז כִּרְבִיבִים זַרְזִיף אָרֶץ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יֵ֭רֵד	Ye.red	H3381	HVqi3ms	he will come down
כְּ/מָטָ֣ר	ke./ma.Tar	H4306	HR/Ncmsa	like/ rain
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
גֵּ֑ז	Gez	H1488	HNcmsa	mown grass
כִּ֝/רְבִיבִ֗ים	ki/r.vi.Vim	H7241	HR/Ncmpa	like/ copious showers
זַרְזִ֥יף	zar.Zif	H2222	HNcmsc	dropping of
אָֽרֶץ	'A.retz	H776	HNcbsa	(the) earth

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H1488 — גֵּז (gêz, gaze): from גַּזָז; a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass; fleece, mowing, mown grass.
H2222 — זַרְזִיף (zarzîyph, zar-zeef'): by reduplication from an unused root meaning to flow; a pouring rain; water.
H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
H4306 — מָטַר (mâṭar, maw-tawr'): from מָטַר; rain; rain.
H7241 — רָבִיב (râbîyb, raw-beeb'): from רָבַב; a rain (as an accumulation of drops); shower.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

like — Deuteronomy 32:2, 2 Samuel 23:4, Proverbs 16:15, Proverbs 19:12, Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 14:3-5, Ezekiel 34:23-26, Hosea 6:3, Hosea 14:5-7

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: AGRICULTURE-HORTICULTURE, DROUGHT-SHOWERS, MISSIONS, WORLD-WIDE
Torrey’s: EMBLEMS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE, RAIN
Nave’s: BLESSING, CHURCH, GENTILES, GRASS, JESUS, THE CHRIST, MOWING, RAIN, RULERS, SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES

No content yet

No content yet

Bible › Psalms › Psalms 72 › Verse 6