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The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/84.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/84.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/84.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Who</i> passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/84.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>As they</i> pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/84.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Passing through the Valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/84.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/84.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring, The early rain also covers it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/84.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also wraps it up with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/84.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; The early rain also covers it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/84.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of spring water; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/84.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of springwater; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/84.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/84.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When they reach Dry Valley, springs start flowing, and the autumn rain fills it with pools of water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/84.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/84.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As they pass through a valley where balsam trees grow, they make it a place of springs. The early rains cover it with blessings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/84.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As they pass through the dry valley of Baca, it becomes a place of springs; the autumn rain fills it with pools. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/84.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They will pass through the Baca Valley where he will prepare a spring for them; even the early rain will cover it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/84.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/84.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/84.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Passing through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/84.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/84.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/84.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Those passing through a valley of weeping make it a spring, "" The early rain covers it with pools.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/84.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/84.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Passing through in the valley of Baca they will set it a fountain; also the early rain will cover the ponds.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/84.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />in the vale of tears, in the place which be hath set. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/84.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 83:7>from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/84.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As they pass through the Baca valley, they find spring water to drink. The early rain covers it with blessings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/84.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/84.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They have passed through the valley of weeping, and have made it a dwelling place; the Lawgiver shall cover it with blessings;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/84.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They passed by the valley of weeping and they have made it a dwelling place, also blessings will cover The Lawgiver.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/84.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/84.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for <i>there</i> the law-giver will grant blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/84-6.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=10554" 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/84.htm">Better is One Day in Your Courts</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·ḇə·rê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">As they pass</a> <a href="/hebrew/6010.htm" title="6010: bə·‘ê·meq (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A vale. From amaq; a vale.">through the Valley</a> <a href="/hebrew/1056.htm" title="1056: hab·bā·ḵā (Art:: N-ms) -- A valley in Pal. From bakah, weeping; Baca, a valley in Palestine.">of Baca,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm" title="7896: yə·šî·ṯū·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To put, set. A primitive root; to place.">they make it</a> <a href="/hebrew/4599.htm" title="4599: ma‘·yān (N-ms) -- A spring. Or ma ynow; or ma yanah; from ayin; a fountain, figuratively, a source.">a place of springs;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">even</a> <a href="/hebrew/4175.htm" title="4175: mō·w·reh (N-ms) -- An archer, teacher, teaching, the early rain. From yarah; an archer; also teacher or teaching; also the early rain.">the autumn rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5844.htm" title="5844: ya‘·ṭeh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself. A primitive root; to wrap, i.e. Cover, veil, cloth, or roll.">covers it</a> <a href="/hebrew/1293.htm" title="1293: bə·rā·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A blessing. From barak; benediction; by implication prosperity.">with pools.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.…<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="/isaiah/35-6.htm">Isaiah 35:6-7</a></span><br />Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. / The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Isaiah 41:18</a></span><br />I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Isaiah 43:19-20</a></span><br />Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert. / The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Hosea 2:15</a></span><br />There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-16.htm">2 Kings 3:16-17</a></span><br />and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’ / For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Jeremiah 31:9</a></span><br />They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Joel 3:18</a></span><br />And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Ezekiel 47:1-12</a></span><br />Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. / Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side. / As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-16.htm">Numbers 21:16-18</a></span><br />From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.” / Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it! / The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-19.htm">Genesis 26:19-22</a></span><br />Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there. / But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him. / Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a></span><br />For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Revelation 21:6</a></span><br />And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a></span><br />Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also fills the pools.</p><p class="hdg">who</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/66-10.htm">Psalm 66:10-12</a></b></br> For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a></b></br> These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/4-22.htm">Acts 4:22</a></b></br> For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.</p><p class="hdg">Baca, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-22.htm">2 Samuel 5:22-24</a></b></br> And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim… </p><p class="hdg">the rain</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-9.htm">Psalm 68:9</a></b></br> Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/3-9.htm">2 Kings 3:9-20</a></b></br> So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them… </p><p class="hdg">filleth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/29-4.htm">Autumn</a> <a href="/psalms/72-15.htm">Blessings</a> <a href="/psalms/73-6.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/job/29-14.htm">Clotheth</a> <a href="/psalms/83-16.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/psalms/73-6.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/psalms/84-1.htm">Director</a> <a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Early</a> <a href="/psalms/80-9.htm">Filleth</a> <a href="/psalms/74-15.htm">Fountain</a> <a href="/psalms/80-12.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-16.htm">Pools</a> <a href="/psalms/78-27.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/job/37-6.htm">Rains</a> <a href="/psalms/74-15.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/psalms/74-15.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/psalms/60-6.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/psalms/80-5.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/20-4.htm">Autumn</a> <a href="/psalms/103-2.htm">Blessings</a> <a href="/psalms/93-1.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Clotheth</a> <a href="/psalms/84-9.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/psalms/104-2.htm">Covers</a> <a href="/psalms/85-1.htm">Director</a> <a href="/psalms/90-14.htm">Early</a> <a href="/psalms/107-9.htm">Filleth</a> <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Fountain</a> <a href="/psalms/89-41.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">Pools</a> <a href="/psalms/104-13.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/songs/2-11.htm">Rains</a> <a href="/psalms/85-11.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/psalms/85-11.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/psalms/108-7.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/psalms/102-9.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 84</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/84-1.htm">The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/84-4.htm">Shows how blessed they are that dwell therein</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/84-8.htm">He prays to be restored unto it.</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/84.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/84.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As they pass through the Valley of Baca</b><br>The "Valley of Baca" is often interpreted as a symbolic or literal place of weeping or hardship. The Hebrew word "Baca" is related to "balsam trees," which grow in arid regions, suggesting a dry, difficult journey. This valley represents life's trials and challenges. Pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem for worship would pass through such valleys, symbolizing the spiritual journey of believers who face trials but continue toward God's presence. The valley can be seen as a metaphor for the Christian's journey through life's difficulties, relying on God's strength.<p><b>they make it a place of springs</b><br>The transformation of a dry valley into a place of springs signifies the refreshing and life-giving power of faith and God's presence. This imagery reflects the believer's ability to bring hope and renewal even in desolate circumstances. It echoes the promise of God turning mourning into joy and providing for His people in times of need. This transformation can be seen as a type of Christ, who brings living water to the soul, as seen in <a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>, where Jesus offers the water that leads to eternal life.<p><b>even the autumn rain covers it with pools</b><br>The autumn rain, or "early rain," was crucial for agriculture in Israel, marking the beginning of the rainy season and ensuring a fruitful harvest. This rain symbolizes God's provision and blessing, turning barren places into fertile ground. Spiritually, it represents the outpouring of God's grace and blessings upon those who seek Him. The pools formed by the rain can be seen as a metaphor for the abundance and refreshment found in God's presence, reminiscent of the Holy Spirit's work in the believer's life, as described in <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23-29</a>, where God promises to pour out His Spirit on all people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/v/valley_of_baca.htm">Valley of Baca</a></b><br>This is a symbolic place mentioned in <a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6</a>. The term "Baca" is often associated with weeping or sorrow, suggesting a dry or difficult place in life. The valley represents the trials and challenges believers face on their spiritual journey.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pilgrims.htm">Pilgrims</a></b><br>The verse refers to those who are on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, seeking to worship God in His temple. These pilgrims symbolize believers who are on a spiritual journey towards a deeper relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/springs_and_pools.htm">Springs and Pools</a></b><br>These are metaphors for refreshment and blessing. As the pilgrims pass through the Valley of Baca, their faith transforms a place of dryness into one of abundance and life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_faith.htm">Transformation through Faith</a></b><br>Believers can transform their difficult circumstances into opportunities for growth and blessing through faith and reliance on God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_journey_of_faith.htm">The Journey of Faith</a></b><br>The Christian life is a pilgrimage. Like the pilgrims in <a href="/bsb/psalms/84.htm">Psalm 84</a>, believers are called to persevere through trials, trusting that God will provide refreshment and strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_in_trials.htm">God's Provision in Trials</a></b><br>Even in the driest and most challenging times, God provides spiritual nourishment and renewal, turning sorrow into joy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_encouragement.htm">Community and Encouragement</a></b><br>As believers journey together, they can support and encourage one another, helping to transform each other's "Valleys of Baca" into places of blessing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_84.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 84</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_valley_of_baca_in_the_bible.htm">What is the Valley of Baca in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_a_roman_legion_structured.htm">What is the Valley of Baca in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_shows_jesus_as_god's_beloved_son.htm">What does 'Lord of the harvest' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_a_literal_'valley_of_baca'.htm">In Psalm 84:5-7, is there any historical or archaeological evidence for a literal 'Valley of Baca'?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/84.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Who passing through the valley of Baca.</span>--All the ancient versions have "valley of weeping," which, through the Vulg. <span class= "ital">vallis lacrymosa, </span>has passed into the religious language of Europe as a synonym for life. And <span class= "ital">Baca </span>(<span class= "ital">b?kha</span>) seems to have this signification, whatever origin we give the word. The valley has been variously identified--with the valley of <span class= "ital">Achor </span>(<a href="/hosea/2-15.htm" title="And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.">Hosea 2:15</a>; <a href="/joshua/7-24.htm" title="And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor.">Joshua 7:24</a>); the valley of <span class= "ital">Rephaim </span>(<a href="/2_samuel/5-22.htm" title="And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.">2Samuel 5:22</a>)--a valley found by Burckhardt in the neighbourhood of Sinai; and one, more recently, by Renan, the last station of the present caravan route from the north to Jerusalem. Of these, the valley of Rephaim is most probably in the poet's mind, since it is described (<a href="/isaiah/17-5.htm" title="And it shall be as when the harvestman gathers the corn, and reaps the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathers ears in the valley of Rephaim.">Isaiah 17:5</a>) as sterile, and as the text stands, we think of some place devoid of water, but which the courage and faith of the pilgrims treats as if it were well supplied with that indispensable requisite, thus turning adversity itself into a blessing. He either plays on the sound of the word (<span class= "ital">Baca, </span>and <span class= "ital">becaim</span>) or the exudations of the <span class= "ital">balsam </span>shrub gave the valley its name.<p><span class= "bld">The rain also filleth the pools.</span>--That <span class= "ital">rain </span>is the right rendering of the Hebrew word here appears from <a href="/joel/2-23.htm" title="Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.">Joel 2:23</a>. The rendering <span class= "ital">pools </span>follows the reading, <span class= "ital">berech锟絫h</span>; but the text has <span class= "ital">berach锟絫h, "</span>blessings," as read by the LXX. and generally adopted now. Render <span class= "ital">yea, as the autumn rain covers </span>(<span class= "ital">it</span>)<span class= "ital"> with blessings, i.e., </span>just as the benign showers turn a wilderness into a garden, so resolution and faith turn disadvantage to profit. (Comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/35-6.htm" title="Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.">Isaiah 35:6-8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm" title="Remember you not the former things, neither consider the things of old.">Isaiah 43:18</a> <span class= "ital">seq.</span>) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/84.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a wall;</span> rather, <span class="accented">through the valley of weeping</span> (<span class="greek">τὴν κοιλάδα τοῦ κλαυθμῶνος</span>, LXX.). So Hupfeld. Hengstenberg, Kay, and the Revised Version; compare Hosea's "valley of Achor," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "of Grief." When the righteous pass through a time of suffering or calamity, they turn it into a time of refreshment. <span class="cmt_word">The rain also filleth the pools;</span> rather, the <span class="accented">early</span> rain (<a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Joel 2:23</a>) <span class="accented">covereth it with blessings.</span> The rain of God's grace mantles all the valley with a luxuriant vegetation; in other words, the blessing of God rests on those who act as above described, and causes them ever to increase in righteousness and true holiness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/84-6.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">As they pass</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹבְרֵ֤י ׀</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·ḇə·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through the Valley</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵ֣מֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·meq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6010.htm">Strong's 6010: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vale</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Baca,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֭בָּכָא</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bā·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1056.htm">Strong's 1056: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baca -- a valley in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they make it</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשִׁית֑וּהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šî·ṯū·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7896.htm">Strong's 7896: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a place of springs;</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעְיָ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(ma‘·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4599.htm">Strong's 4599: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fountain, a source</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the autumn rain</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹרֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·reh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4175.htm">Strong's 4175: </a> </span><span class="str2">An archer, teacher, teaching, the early rain </span><br /><br /><span class="word">covers it</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעְטֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ya‘·ṭeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5844.htm">Strong's 5844: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with pools.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝רָכ֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rā·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1293.htm">Strong's 1293: </a> </span><span class="str2">Benediction, prosperity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/84-6.htm">Psalm 84:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 84:6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/84-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 84:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 84:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/84-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 84:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 84:7" /></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>