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Psalm 144:12

World English Bible

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

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Psalm 144:12 in other translations

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;

Psalm 144:12 · American Standard Version

Psalm 144:12 in context

  1. 10You are he who gives salvation to kings,
    who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
  2. 11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
    whose mouths speak deceit,
    whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
  3. 12Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,
    our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
  4. 13Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
    Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
  5. 14Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
    There is no breaking in, and no going away,
    and no outcry in our streets.