In Psalms 72 of Psalms .
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
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יִשְׂא֤וּ yisv lift up יִשְׂא֤וּ yisv lift up נָשָׂא verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished action H5375 to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable… הָרִ֓ים harim hill הָרִ֓ים harim hill הַר noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary form H2022 a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion. שָׁ֘ל֥וֹם shalom health שָׁ֘ל֥וֹם shalom health שָׁלוֹם noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “health”, the ordinary form H7965 safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace [idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] whol… לָעָ֑ם laam to people לָעָ֑ם laam to people עַם preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to people”, the ordinary form H5971 a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock folk, men, nation, people. וּ֝גְבָע֗וֹת ugevaot and hill וּ֝גְבָע֗וֹת ugevaot and hill גִּבְעָה conjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and hill”, the ordinary form H1389 a hillock hill, little hill. בִּצְדָקָֽה ׃ bitsdaqah in justice בִּצְדָקָֽה bitsdaqah in justice צְדָקָה preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in justice”, the ordinary form H6666 rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness). Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.
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American Standard Version (1901) The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
Young’s Literal Translation The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
World English Bible The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
Darby Translation The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
Douay-Rheims Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
Jewish Publication Society (1917) Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:
Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851) Ἀναλαβέτω τὰ ὄρη εἰρήνην τῷ λαῷ σου, καὶ οἱ βουνοί·
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