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Psalms 144:12

144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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: polished: Heb. cut

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Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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:

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:

144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: all: Heb. from kind to kind

What does Psalms 144:12 mean?

Psalms 144:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בֵּן (bên), נָטִיעַ (nâṭîyaʻ), גָּדַל (gâdal).

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That
our
sonsבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
may
be
as
plantsנָטִיעַnâṭîyaʻ/naw-tee'-ah/H5195a plant
grown
upגָּדַלgâdal/gaw-dal'/H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
in
their
youth;נָעוּרnâʻûwr/naw-oor'/H5271(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
that
our
daughtersבַּתbath/bath/H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
may
be
as
corner
stones,זָוִיתzâvîyth/zaw-veeth'/H2106an angle (as projecting), i.e. (by implication) a corner-column (or anta)
polishedחָטַבchâṭab/khaw-tab'/H2404to chop or carve wood
after
the
similitudeתַּבְנִיתtabnîyth/tab-neeth'/H8403structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
of
a
palace:הֵיכָלhêykâl/hay-kawl'/H1964a large public building, such as a palace or temple
polished:
Heb.
cut

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Jeremiah 32:30

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

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What does Psalms 144:12 say?

Psalms 144:12 (King James Version) reads: "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: polished: Heb. cut"

Is Psalms 144:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 144:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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