Psalms 72:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPsalms 72:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
יְהִ֤י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
פִסַּת
piççâh
H6451
abundance
בַּ֨ר
bâr
H1250
grain
בָּאָרֶץ֮
ʼerets
H776
land
בְּרֹ֪אשׁ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
הָ֫רִ֥ים
har
H2022
mountain
יִרְעַ֣שׁ
râʻash
H7493
to shake
כַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן
Lᵉbânôwn
H3844
Lebanon
פִּרְי֑וֹ
pᵉrîy
H6529
fruit
וְיָצִ֥יצוּ
tsûwts
H6692
to blossom
מֵ֝עִ֗יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב
ʻeseb
H6212
herb
הָאָֽרֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; on the head of the mountains may its fruit sway like Lebanon, and may they flourish from the city like the grass of the earth.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).