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2 Samuel 23:4

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

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ASV

He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springeth out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

KJV

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּכְא֥וֹרu.khe.'orand like [the] light ofH216 →
בֹּ֖קֶרBo.kermorningH1242 →
יִזְרַח־yiz.rach-[when] it dawnsH2224 →
שָׁ֑מֶשׁSha.mesh[the] sunH8121 →
בֹּ֚קֶרBo.kermorningH1242 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
עָב֔וֹתa.VotcloudsH5645 →
מִנֹּ֥גַהּmi.No.gahfrom brightnessH5051 →
מִמָּטָ֖רmi.ma.Tarfrom rainH4306 →
דֶּ֥שֶׁאDe.she'vegetationH1877 →
מֵאָֽרֶץ׃me.'A.retzfrom [the] earthH776 →

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Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.Psalms 72:6May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.Song of Solomon 6:10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.Isaiah 18:4For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”Luke 1:78–79because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,John 1:7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.Hosea 6:3So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.Isaiah 60:18–20No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.Micah 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

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