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Psalms 72:16

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

KJV

Existimabam ut cognoscerem hoc ; labor est ante me :

Vulgate

καὶ ὑπέλαβον τοῦ γνῶναι· τοῦτο κόπος ἐναντίον μου,

LXX

There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

ASV

יְהִ֤י פִסַּת בַּ֨ר בָּ/אָרֶץ֮ בְּ/רֹ֪אשׁ הָ֫רִ֥ים יִרְעַ֣שׁ כַּ/לְּבָנ֣וֹן פִּרְי֑/וֹ וְ/יָצִ֥יצוּ מֵ֝/עִ֗יר כְּ/עֵ֣שֶׂב הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּ֑ר
br
noun · 13×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ
yr'shv
verb · 29×
יָצִ֥יץ
ytsyts
verb · 8×
לְּבָנ֔וֹן
lbnvn
proper_noun · 67×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֵ֣שֶׂב
'shb
noun · 33×
פִסַּת
pst
noun · 1×
פְּרִ֣י
pry
noun · 118×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
  • Acts 2:41 — Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
  • Acts 6:1 — And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
  • Ezek 17:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountai
  • Gen 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
  • Hos 2:23 — And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art m
  • Isa 4:2 — In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
  • Isa 35:2 — It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the exce
  • Isa 61:11 — For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the na
  • Job 5:25 — Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
  • John 12:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
  • Mic 4:1 — But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow
  • Ps 65:13 — The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
  • Ps 85:12 — Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
  • Rev 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robe