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Psalm 144:12

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12Then our sons in their youth

will be like well-nurtured plants,p

and our daughters will be like pillarsq

carved to adorn a palace.

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Cross references

  1. pPs 92:12–14; See 128:3
  2. qSS 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;

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: