Psalms 65:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭רְעֲפוּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝גִ֗יל גְּבָע֥וֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה

Transliteration

yirʿăp̄û nəʾôṯ miḏbār and-gîl gəḇāʿôṯ taḥgōrnâ

Grammar Details

*yirʿăp̄û*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they drip
*nəʾôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - pastures of
*miḏbār*: noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert
*wə-gîl*: conjunction waw (and) with noun, masculine singular - and rejoicing
*gəḇāʿôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - hills
*taḥgōrnâ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they gird themselves

Word Meanings

*yirʿăp̄û*: they drip/drop/distill
*nəʾôṯ*: pastures/habitations/dwelling places
*miḏbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*gîl*: rejoicing/joy/gladness
*gəḇāʿôṯ*: hills/heights
*taḥgōrnâ*: they gird themselves/encircle themselves/are surrounded

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Referenced Verses

Isa 55:12 : 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.
Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
Isa 52:9 : 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Isa 35:10 : 10 and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Ps 72:16 : 16 There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Ps 96:11-13 : 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; 12 Let the field exult, and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy 13 Before Jehovah; For he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.
Ps 98:7-9 : 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein; 8 Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together 9 Before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
Ps 104:24-28 : 24 O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches. 25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein. 27 These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season. 28 Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
Ps 144:13 : 13 [ When] our garners are full, affording all manner of store, [And] our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
Isa 30:23 : 23 And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
Jer 48:33 : 33 And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Acts 14:17 : 17 And {G2544} yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 65:10-12
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10Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof.
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Ps 96:11-12
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11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
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Isa 55:12
71%
12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Isa 35:1-2
2 verses
71%
1The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.
Isa 14:7
71%
7The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Ps 66:1-2
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1For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:
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Jer 31:12-13
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12And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
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1 Chr 16:32-33
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70%
32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein;
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Ps 72:16
70%
16There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
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69%
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Ps 138:5
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5Yea, they shall sing of the ways of Jehovah; For great is the glory of Jehovah.
Ps 144:13
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Ps 65:8
68%
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Prov 27:25
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Zech 9:17
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17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Ps 104:12-13
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68%
12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.
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Job 21:11-12
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Ps 13:6
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Ps 147:8
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Ps 64:10
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Isa 30:23
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Isa 16:10
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Ps 126:5
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Ps 98:4-6
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4Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth: Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.
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Ps 132:16
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Ps 79:13
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Ps 114:6
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Ps 68:32
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Isa 49:13
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Ps 107:37
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Isa 30:29
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4The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
Zeph 3:14
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Isa 9:3
66%
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Lev 26:5
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5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Num 24:6
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6As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.
Isa 42:11
66%
11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.