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Psalms 144:12

Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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ASV

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

KJV

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
בָּנֵ֨ינוּ׀ba.Nei.nusons ourH1121 →
כִּנְטִעִים֮kin.ti.'Im[will be] like plantsH5195 →
מְגֻדָּלִ֪יםme.gu.da.Limfull grownH1431 →
בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥םbin.'u.Rei.Hemin youth<s> theirH5271 →
בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּbe.no.Tei.nudaughters ourH1323 →
כְזָוִיֹּ֑תkhe.za.vi.Yot[will be] like cornersH2106 →
מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹתme.chu.ta.VotcarvedH2404 →
תַּבְנִ֥יתtav.Nit[the] structure ofH8403 →
הֵיכָֽל׃hei.Khala palaceH1964 →

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Psalms 147:13For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.1 Peter 3:3–6Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,Isaiah 44:3–5For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.Psalms 115:14–15May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.Job 42:15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.Song of Solomon 8:8–9We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?Job 38:6On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,Lamentations 4:2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!Lamentations 4:7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.Song of Solomon 7:4Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.Psalms 127:4–5Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.Proverbs 31:10–27A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.Isaiah 3:16–24The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—Genesis 5:4And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.Genesis 11:11And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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