Psalm 144:12
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
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as plants

Psalm 115:14, 15
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. . . .

Psalm 127:4, 5
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one's youth. . . .

Psalm 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Isaiah 44:3-5
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. . . .

Lamentations 4:2
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as clay jars, the work of a potter's hands!

as corner stones

Job 42:15
No women as beautiful as Job's daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

Proverbs 31:10-27
Who can find a wife of noble character? She is far more precious than rubies. . . .

Isaiah 3:16-24
The LORD says, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty--walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles-- . . .

polished.

Song of Solomon 8:8, 9
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for? . . .

1 Peter 3:3-6
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;

King James Bible
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style.

International Standard Version
May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.

NET Bible
Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Our sons are like plants that grow from their youth and our daughters like brides adorned in the likeness of temples.
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