2 Samuel 23:4

2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

3 The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

5 Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

6 But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
KJV
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
WEB
shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’
ASV
[He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
DARBY
And [he shall be] as the light or the morning, [like] the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; [When] from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.
BLB
and as the light of the morning he rises, a morning sun, without clouds, by clear shining after the rain, the tender grass of the earth.’
ÅB
han skal være lik morgenens lys når solen går opp, en morgen uten skyer, når ved solskinn og ved regn gresset spirer fram av jorden.
OTB
Er som morgenlyset når solen stiger opp,
En daggry uten skyer,
Når det friske gresset spirer fra jorden,
Etter solskinn og regn.'
B1930
han skal være lik morgenens lys når solen går op, en morgen uten skyer, når ved solskinn og ved regn gresset spirer frem av jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 5:31

    So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

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  • Psalms 72:6

    May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

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  • Psalms 89:36

    his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

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  • Hosea 6:5

    Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

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  • Malachi 4:2

    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

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  • Isaiah 60:3

    Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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  • Luke 1:78–79

    because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

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  • John 1:7

    He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

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