The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
Parallel translations
- KJV They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
- BSB The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
- NKJV They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side.
- NASB The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills encircle themselves with rejoicing.
- NLT The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy.
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Cross-references · 6
- Job 38:26–27To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
- Joel 2:22Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
- Ps 104:10–13He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
- Isa 61:10–11I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Ps 65:6Who by his power forms the mountains, having armed yourself with strength;
- Isa 55:9–13“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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