35 Or “in safe resting places”; , “quiet resting places.”
36 Heb “and [?] when the forest descends.” The form וּבָרַד (uvarad) is often understood as an otherwise unattested denominative verb meaning “to hail” ( I ברד). In this case one might translate, “and it hails when the forest is destroyed” (cf. , , , ). Perhaps the text alludes to a powerful wind and hail storm that knocks down limbs and trees. Some prefer to emend the form to וְיָרַד (véyarad), “and it descends,” which provides better, though not perfect, symmetry with the parallel line (cf. ). Perhaps וּבָרַד should be dismissed as dittographic. In this case the statement (“when the forest descends”) lacks a finite verb and seems incomplete, but perhaps it is subordinate to v. 20.
37 Heb “and in humiliation the city is laid low.”
38 Heb “by all the waters.”
39 Heb “who set free the foot of the ox and donkey”; “letting your cattle and donkeys range free.” This verse seems to anticipate a time when fertile land is available to cultivate and crops are so abundant that the farm animals can be allowed to graze freely.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,

in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

And it will hail when the forest falls down,

and the city will be utterly laid low.

Happy are you who sow beside all waters,

who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My people will live in peaceful dwelling places,

in secure homes,

in undisturbed places of rest.

Though hail flattens the forest

and the city is leveled completely,

how blessed you will be,

sowing your seed by every stream,

and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,

in safe and secure dwellings.

But hail will level the forest,

and the city will sink into the depths.

You will be happy as you sow seed

beside abundant water,

and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.

NLTNew Living Translation

My people will live in safety, quietly at home.

They will be at rest.

Even if the forest should be destroyed

and the city torn down,

the Lord will greatly bless his people.

Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.

Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace

and in a dwelling place of security

and in undisturbed resting places.

And it hails when the forest comes down,

and the city will become low in humiliation.

Happy are you who sow by all waters,

who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.

KJV 1900King James Version

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,

And in sure dwellings,

And in quiet resting places;

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest;

And the city shall be low in a low place.

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters,

That send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

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