Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsPassing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.
As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.
Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a well-spring; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.