Psalms 144:12
10 to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
11 Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
14 Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- ASV
- 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;
- DARBY
- That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
- BLB
- That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved [for] the pattern of the palace.
- ÅB
- for at våre sønner må være som planter, høyt vokst i sin ungdom, våre døtre som hjørnestolper, hugget som til et slott,
- OTB
- Måtte våre sønner i sin ungdom være som frodige planter,
Og våre døtre som hjørnestolper
Utformet for et palass. - B1930
- forat våre sønner må være som planter, høit vokset i sin ungdom, våre døtre som hjørnestolper, hugget som til et slott,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Read in context1 Peter 3:3–6
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
Read in contextIsaiah 44:3–5
For 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.
Read in contextPsalms 115:14–15
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
Read in contextJob 42:15
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:8–9
We 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?
Read in contextLamentations 4:2
How 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!
Read in contextPsalms 127:4–5
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
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