King James Version

Psalms 72:6

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

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יֵ֭רֵדyeredbring downיָרַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring down”, an unfinished actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…כְּמָטָ֣רkemataras rainמָטַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as rain”, the ordinary formH4306rainrain.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…גֵּ֑זgezfleeceגֵּזnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fleece”, the ordinary formH1488a fleece (as shorn); also mown grassfleece, mowing, mown grass.כִּ֝רְבִיבִ֗יםkirvivimas showerרָבִיבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as shower”, the ordinary formH7241a rain (as an accumulation of drops)shower.זַרְזִ֥יףzarzifwaterזַרְזִיףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2222a pouring rainwater.אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers — sprinkling the earth.

World English Bible

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Darby Translation

He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Douay-Rheims

Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καταβήσεται ὡς ὑετὸς ἐπὶ πόκον, καὶ ὡσεὶ σταγόνες στάζουσαι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.