When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
Parallel translations
- WEB Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
- KJV Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
- BSB As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
- NKJV As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools.
- NASB Passing through the Valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.
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Quick answer
Passing through the valley of Weeping, the pilgrims make it a place of springs, refreshed by autumn rains. God turns the hard stretches of the journey into places of blessing.
Overview
The dry, sorrowful valley becomes, for those journeying to God, a place of springs and blessing. God transforms suffering on the pilgrimage into refreshment and growth. This pictures how God brings good even out of trials for those who walk toward Him, a hope grounded in His faithfulness (cf. Rom. 8:28).
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- 2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
- John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
- Rom 5:3–5Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
- Joel 2:23“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
- Rom 8:37No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
- Rev 7:14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
- Ps 68:9You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.
- Ps 66:10–12For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
- 2 Sam 5:22–24The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
- 2 Kgs 3:9–20So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
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