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May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/144.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/144.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/144.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />That our sons <i>may be</i> as plants grown up in their youth; <i>that</i> our daughters <i>may be</i> as corner stones, polished <i>after</i> the similitude of a palace:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/144.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />That our sons <i>may be</i> as plants grown up in their youth; <i>That</i> our daughters <i>may be</i> as pillars, Sculptured in palace style;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/144.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When our sons in their youth <i>are</i> like growing plants, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/144.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/144.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/144.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />That our sons would be as grown-up plants in their youth, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/144.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/144.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/144.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/144.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/144.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Let's pray that our young sons will grow like strong plants and that our daughters will be as lovely as columns in the corner of a palace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/144.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/144.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />May our sons be like full-grown, young plants. May our daughters be like stately columns that adorn the corners of a palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/144.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />May our sons in their youth be like plants that grow up strong. May our daughters be like stately columns which adorn the corners of a palace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/144.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/144.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/144.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/144.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/144.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/144.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/144.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Because our sons [are] as plants, "" Becoming great in their youth, "" Our daughters as hewn stones, "" Polished—the likeness of a palace,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/144.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/144.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />That our sons as plants growing great in their youth, our daughters as corners variegated, the likeness of a temple:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/144.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/144.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 143:12>Their sons are like new plantings in their youth. Their daughters are dressed up: adorned all around like the idols of a temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/144.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />May our sons be like plants well nurtured from their youth, Our daughters, like carved columns, shapely as those of the temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/144.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/144.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as brides richly adorned after the fashion of temples;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/144.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Our sons are like plants that grow from their youth and our daughters like brides adorned in the likeness of temples.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/144.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; Whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/144.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/144-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=17836" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/144.htm">Blessed Be the LORD, My Rock</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">Then</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">our sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5195.htm" title="5195: kin·ṭi·‘îm (Prep-k:: N-mp) -- A plant. From nata'; a plant.">will be like plants</a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: mə·ḡud·dā·lîm (V-Pual-Prtcpl-mp) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">nurtured</a> <a href="/hebrew/5271.htm" title="5271: bin·‘ū·rê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Or naur; and nturah; properly, passive participle from na'ar as denominative; youth, the state or the persons.">in their youth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bə·nō·w·ṯê·nū (N-fpc:: 1cp) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">our daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/2106.htm" title="2106: ḵə·zā·wî·yōṯ (Prep-k:: N-fpc) -- A corner. Apparently from the same root as Ziv; an angle, i.e. a corner-column.">like corner pillars</a> <a href="/hebrew/2404.htm" title="2404: mə·ḥuṭ·ṭā·ḇō·wṯ (V-Pual-Prtcpl-fp) -- To cut or gather wood. A primitive root; to chop or carve wood.">carved</a> <a href="/hebrew/8403.htm" title="8403: taḇ·nîṯ (N-fsc) -- Construction, pattern, figure. From banah; structure; by implication, a model, resemblance.">to adorn</a> <a href="/hebrew/1964.htm" title="1964: hê·ḵāl (N-ms) -- A palace, temple. Probably from yakol; a large public building, such as a palace or temple.">a palace.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-28.htm">Proverbs 31:28</a></span><br />Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-9.htm">Isaiah 61:9</a></span><br />Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3-4</a></span><br />For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. / They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Genesis 49:22</a></span><br />Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-5.htm">Job 29:5-6</a></span><br />when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, / when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-5.htm">Zechariah 8:5</a></span><br />And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a></span><br />The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a></span><br />They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-21.htm">1 Samuel 2:21</a></span><br />So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-1.htm">Ephesians 6:1-4</a></span><br />Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. / “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), / “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-20.htm">Colossians 3:20-21</a></span><br />Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. / Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/5-4.htm">1 Timothy 5:4</a></span><br />But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/1-5.htm">2 Timothy 1:5</a></span><br />I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-17.htm">Luke 1:17</a></span><br />And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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:</p><p class="hdg">as plants</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/115-14.htm">Psalm 115:14,15</a></b></br> The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/127-4.htm">Psalm 127:4,5</a></b></br> As arrows <i>are</i> in the hand of a mighty man; so <i>are</i> children of the youth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3</a></b></br> Thy wife <i>shall be</i> as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.</p><p class="hdg">as corner stones</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/42-15.htm">Job 42:15</a></b></br> And in all the land were no women found <i>so</i> fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10-27</a></b></br> Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price <i>is</i> far above rubies… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-24</a></b></br> Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing <i>as</i> they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: … </p><p class="hdg">polished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/8-8.htm">Song of Solomon 8:8,9</a></b></br> We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-6</a></b></br> Whose adorning let it not be that outward <i>adorning</i> of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/40-10.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/psalms/74-6.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/psalms/118-22.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Corner-Stones</a> <a href="/psalms/143-12.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/job/31-15.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/psalms/139-16.htm">Fashioned</a> <a href="/psalms/144-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/109-24.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/job/19-24.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/psalms/140-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/99-4.htm">King's</a> <a href="/psalms/45-15.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/psalms/75-3.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/job/37-18.htm">Polished</a> <a href="/psalms/106-20.htm">Similitude</a> <a href="/psalms/137-9.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Structure</a> <a href="/psalms/104-17.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/psalms/129-2.htm">Young</a> <a href="/psalms/129-2.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">Adorn</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-8.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Corner-Stones</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-22.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-15.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/songs/8-9.htm">Fashion</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm">Fashioned</a> <a href="/psalms/144-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-31.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-1.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-18.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-28.htm">King's</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-19.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Polished</a> <a href="/daniel/10-16.htm">Similitude</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-11.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Structure</a> <a href="/songs/7-7.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/psalms/144-14.htm">Young</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-4.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 144</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/144-1.htm">David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm">He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/144-9.htm">He promises to praise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/144-11.htm">He prays for the happy state of the kingdom</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, plants were a common metaphor for prosperity and blessing (<a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>). The nurturing of plants implies careful cultivation, reflecting the importance of raising children with wisdom and guidance (<a href="/proverbs/22-6.htm">Proverbs 22:6</a>). The imagery of youth emphasizes the potential and promise inherent in the next generation. This aligns with the biblical theme of children as a heritage from the Lord (<a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a>).<p><b>our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace</b><br>Corner pillars in ancient architecture were essential for structural integrity and often intricately designed, symbolizing strength and beauty. This imagery conveys the idea of daughters being both foundational and ornamental within the family and community. The reference to a palace suggests nobility and honor, indicating the high value placed on daughters. This aligns with <a href="/proverbs/31.htm">Proverbs 31</a>, which describes a virtuous woman as a crown to her husband and a source of strength and dignity. The comparison to a palace also hints at the future glory and splendor of God's kingdom, where His people are likened to a royal priesthood (<a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/144.htm">Psalm 144</a>, David is a central figure in the Bible, known for his deep relationship with God, his role as the second king of Israel, and his authorship of many Psalms.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom David belonged and often addressed in his writings. This Psalm reflects a prayer for the prosperity and blessing of the nation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/y/youth.htm">Youth</a></b><br>The period of life referenced in the verse, symbolizing potential, growth, and the future of the community.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/palace.htm">Palace</a></b><br>A symbol of strength, beauty, and stability, representing the desired outcome for the daughters mentioned in the verse.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/plants_and_pillars.htm">Plants and Pillars</a></b><br>Metaphors used to describe the ideal growth and development of sons and daughters, respectively.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_nurturing_youth.htm">The Importance of Nurturing Youth</a></b><br>Just as plants need care to grow strong, our sons require guidance and nurturing to develop into godly men. This involves teaching them the Word of God and modeling a life of faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_daughters_in_the_community.htm">The Role of Daughters in the Community</a></b><br>Daughters are likened to corner pillars, essential for the beauty and stability of a palace. This highlights the value and strength women bring to the family and community when they are grounded in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_vision_for_a_godly_family.htm">The Vision for a Godly Family</a></b><br>David's vision for his family and nation is one of growth, strength, and beauty. This should inspire us to pray for and work towards a family that reflects God's glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_a_godly_legacy.htm">The Impact of a Godly Legacy</a></b><br>The imagery in this verse encourages us to consider the legacy we are leaving for future generations. Are we investing in our children in a way that will lead to a strong and faithful lineage?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_144.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 144</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_144's_prosperity_match_david's_era.htm">How does the prosperity promised in Psalm 144:12–14 align with available historical and archaeological evidence about David’s reign? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_our_father.htm">Is God our Father?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'kiss_the_son'_mean_in_ps._2_12.htm">What does 'kiss the Son' mean in Psalm 2:12?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_prophetic_worship.htm">What defines prophetic worship in religious practices?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/144.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">That our sons.--</span>This rendering of the relative, which so strangely begins this fragment, would be possible after <a href="/genesis/11-7.htm" title="Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.">Genesis 11:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/13-16.htm" title="And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be numbered.">Genesis 13:16</a>, &c, if a finite verb instead of participles followed; or it might mean "because," as in <a href="/genesis/30-18.htm" title="And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.">Genesis 30:18</a>, &c, but for the same anomalous construction; or it might, as by the LXX., be rendered <span class= "ital">whose, </span>if any antecedent for it could be discovered. But all these devices are plainly impossible, and there is nothing for it but to treat the passage which it introduces as a fragment of another poem quite unconnected with the previous part of the psalm. Render, <span class= "ital">we whose.</span><p><span class= "bld">As plants.</span>--The Hebrew word seems always to denote a young, vigorous tree lately planted. (See especially <a href="/job/14-9.htm" title="Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.">Job 14:9</a>, aptly translated by the LXX. <span class= "greekheb">????????</span><span class= "ital">. </span>(For the comparison, comp. <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm" title="For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.">Isaiah 5:7</a>; <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm" title="And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.">Psalm 1:3</a>, Note, <a href="/psalms/128-3.htm" title="Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table.">Psalm 128:3</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/144.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">That our sons may be as plants</span>. The stanza which these words introduce is a very remarkable one, having nothing at all corresponding to it in the rest of the Psalter. It has been thought by some to be an antique document, quoted by the writer of the psalm, as suited for a festal occasion. Our translation makes it a picture of the condition to which the writer hopes that Israel may one day come; but the best recent critics see in it a description of Israel's actual condition in the writer's day. Professor Cheyne translates, "Because our sons <span class="accented">are</span> as plants;" and Dr. Kay, "What time our sons <span class="accented">are</span> as plants." <span class="cmt_word">Grown up in their youth</span>; literally, <span class="accented">grown large</span>. The sons are compared to ornamental trees or shrubs, growing outside a building. That our <span class="cmt_word">daughters may be as cornerstones, polished</span> (or, "carved") <span class="cmt_word">after the similitude of a palace.</span> The daughters are like carved pillars, lighting up the angular recesses of the structure. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/144-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנֵ֨ינוּ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be like plants</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּנְטִעִים֮</span> <span class="translit">(kin·ṭi·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5195.htm">Strong's 5195: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nurtured</span><br /><span class="heb">מְגֻדָּלִ֪ים</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḡud·dā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grow up, become great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their youth,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(bin·‘ū·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5271.htm">Strong's 5271: </a> </span><span class="str2">Youth, the state, the persons</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our daughters</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nō·w·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like corner pillars</span><br /><span class="heb">כְזָוִיֹּ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·zā·wî·yōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2106.htm">Strong's 2106: </a> </span><span class="str2">An angle, a corner-column</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carved</span><br /><span class="heb">מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḥuṭ·ṭā·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2404.htm">Strong's 2404: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut or gather wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to adorn</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּבְנִ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(taḇ·nîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8403.htm">Strong's 8403: </a> </span><span class="str2">Structure, a model, resemblance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a palace.</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵיכָֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1964.htm">Strong's 1964: </a> </span><span class="str2">A large public building, palace, temple</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/144-12.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 144:12 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/144-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 144:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 144:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/144-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 144:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 144:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>