Psalms 144:12
Psalms 144:12 New International Version (NIV)
Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
Psalms 144:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.
Psalms 144:12-14 The Message (MSG)
Make our sons in their prime like sturdy oak trees, Our daughters as shapely and bright as fields of wildflowers. Fill our barns with great harvest, fill our fields with huge flocks; Protect us from invasion and exile— eliminate the crime in our streets.
Psalms 144:12 King James Version (KJV)
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
Psalms 144:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace
Psalms 144:12 New Century Version (NCV)
Let our sons in their youth grow like plants. Let our daughters be like the decorated stones in the Temple.
Psalms 144:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
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
Psalms 144:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style
Psalms 144:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace