Parallel Verses New International Version The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. King James Bible They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. Darby Bible Translation They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness. World English Bible The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. Young's Literal Translation Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on. Psalm 65:12 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe pastures of the wilderness - Even the places which are not cultivated have their suffiency of moisture, so as to render them proper places of pasturage for cattle. The terms wilderness and desert, in the Sacred Writings, mean, in general, places not inhabited and uncultivated, though abounding with timber, bushes, and herbage. The little hills rejoice - Literally, The hills gird themselves with exultation. The metaphor appears to be taken from the frisking of lambs, bounding of kids, and dancing of shepherds and shepherdesses, in the joy-inspiring summer season. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge drop Psalm 104:10-13 He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills... rejoice [heb.] are girded with joy Psalm 65:6 Which by his strength sets fast the mountains; being girded with power: Library Sin Overcoming and Overcome'Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, Thou shalt purge them away.'--PSALM. lxv. 3. There is an intended contrast in these two clauses more pointed and emphatic in the original than in our Bible, between man's impotence and God's power in the face of the fact of sin. The words of the first clause might be translated, with perhaps a little increase of vividness, 'iniquities are too strong for me'; and the 'Thou' of the next clause is emphatically expressed in the original, 'as … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving Religion Pleasant to the Religious. The Sovereignty of God in Operation Cross References Job 38:26 to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert, Job 38:27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass? Psalm 98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; Isaiah 55:12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Joel 2:22 Do not be afraid, you wild animals, for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches. Jump to Previous Clothed Desert Drip Drop Falling Gird Girded Girdest Glad Gladness Grass Heights Hills Joy Little Overflow Pastures Rejoice Rejoicing Side Themselves Waste WildernessJump to Next Clothed Desert Drip Drop Falling Gird Girded Girdest Glad Gladness Grass Heights Hills Joy Little Overflow Pastures Rejoice Rejoicing Side Themselves Waste WildernessLinks Psalm 65:12 NIVPsalm 65:12 NLT Psalm 65:12 ESV Psalm 65:12 NASB Psalm 65:12 KJV Psalm 65:12 Bible Apps Psalm 65:12 Biblia Paralela Psalm 65:12 Chinese Bible Psalm 65:12 French Bible Psalm 65:12 German Bible Psalm 65:12 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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