The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Parallel translations
- WEB The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
- BSB May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
- NKJV The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness.
- NASB May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
- NLT May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful.
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Quick answer
Under the king's righteous rule, the very mountains and hills will yield prosperity and the fruit of righteousness.
Overview
The land itself flourishes when justice reigns, a poetic picture of peace and abundance flowing from righteous government. Creation prospers under God-honoring leadership. This points to the messianic age, when Christ's reign brings the restoration of all things and creation's renewal (Romans 8:19-21).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
- Ezek 34:13–14And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
- Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
- Ps 72:16There 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.
- Ps 98:8–9Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
- 2 Cor 5:19–21To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
- Ps 65:12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
- Isa 32:16–17Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
- Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- Ps 85:10–11Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Ps 96:11–13Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
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