Psalms 72:3New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The mountaines ? the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The mountaines shal bring peace to the people, and the litle hils, by righteousnesse.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The mountains shall bring peace to thy people, and the hills thy righteousness.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. |
The mountains
2022 {2022} Primeהַרhar{har}
A shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively).
shall bring
5375 {5375} Primeנָשָׂאnasa'{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
peace
7965 {7965} Primeשָׁלוֹםshalowm{shaw-lome'}
From H7999; safe, that is, (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, that is, health, prosperity, peace.
to the people,
5971 {5971} Primeעַם`am{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
and the little hills,
1389 {1389} Primeגִּבְעָהgib`ah{ghib-aw'}
Feminine from the same as H1387; a hillock.
by righteousness.
6666 {6666} Primeצְדָקָהts@daqah{tsed-aw-kaw'}
From H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively ( rectitude), objectively ( justice), morally ( virtue) or figuratively ( prosperity). |
Psalms 72:3
_ _ As mountains and hills are not usually productive, they are here selected to show the abundance of peace, being represented as
_ _ bringing — or, literally, “bearing” it as a produce.
_ _ by righteousness — that is, by means of his eminently just and good methods of ruling. |
Psalms 72:3
The mountains — Which are so dangerous to passengers, in regard of robbers and wild beasts. Hereby it is implied, that other places should do so too, and that it should be common and universal. |
Psalms 72:3
The (d) mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
(d) When justice reigns, even the places most barren will be enriched with your blessings. |
- mountains:
Psalms 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Isaiah 32:16-17 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. ... And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Ezekiel 34:13-14 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. ... I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and [in] a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
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- little:
Psalms 65:12 They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
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- by righteousness:
Psalms 85:10-11 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other]. ... Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalms 96:11-13 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. ... Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Psalms 98:8-9 Let the floods clap [their] hands: let the hills be joyful together ... Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
2 Corinthians 5:19-21 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. ... For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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