Psalm 72:6
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
רָבִיב
râbîyb
a rain (as an accumulation of drops)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
Cross References
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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