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Psalm 144:12

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

And our daughters as bcorner pillars 1fashioned as for a palace;

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit cut after the pattern of

Cross references

  1. aPs 92:12–14; 128:3
  2. bSong 4:4; 7:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

May our sons in their youth

be like plants full grown,

our daughters like corner pillars

cut for the structure of a palace;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then our sons in their youth

will be like well-nurtured plants,

and our daughters will be like pillars

carved to adorn a palace.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters, like corner pillars

that are carved in the palace style.

NLTNew Living Translation

May our sons flourish in their youth

like well-nurtured plants.

May our daughters be like graceful pillars,

carved to beautify a palace.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

that our sons may be like plants,

full grown in their youth,

our daughters like corner pillars,

carved in the style of a palace,

KJV 1900King James Version

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: