Psalms 144:12
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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:
13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Read in context1 Peter 3:3–6
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Read in contextIsaiah 44:3–5
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Read in contextPsalms 115:14–15
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Read in contextJob 42:15
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:8–9
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Read in contextLamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Read in contextPsalms 127:4–5
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
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