12 Then our sons in their youth

will be like well-nurtured plants,

and our daughters will be like pillars

carved to adorn a palace.

12 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:

12 May our sons flourish in their youth

like well-nurtured plants.

May our daughters be like graceful pillars,

carved to beautify a palace.

12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;

That our daughters may be as pillars,

Sculptured in palace style;

12 Let our sons in their youth

grow like plants.

Let our daughters be

like the decorated stones in the Temple.

12 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;

12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:

12 May our sons be like full-grown, young plants. 

May our daughters be like stately columns 

that adorn the corners of a palace. 

12 Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters, like corner pillars

that are carved in the palace style.

12 May our sons in their youth

be like plants full grown,

our daughters like corner pillars,

cut for the building of a palace.

12 that our sons may be like plants,

full grown in their youth,

our daughters like corner pillars,

carved in the style of a palace,

12 While our sons are young,

they will be like healthy plants.

Our daughters will be like pillars

that have been made to decorate a palace.

12 Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants,

And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;