2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
2 Samuel 23:4 in other translations
| BSB | is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’ |
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| WEB | shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’ |
| ASV | He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springeth out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain. |
| YLT | And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun--no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth! |
| DARBY | And he shall be as the light of the morning, like the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; When from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth. |
| BBE | It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth. |
| Webster | And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. |
What does 2 Samuel 23:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:1-7
These words of David are very worthy of regard. Let those who have had long experience of God's goodness, and the pleasantness of heavenly wisdom, when they come to finish their course, bear their testimony to the truth of the promise. David avows his Divine inspiration, that the Spirit of God spake by him. He, and other holy men, spake and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. In many things he had his own…
2 Samuel 23:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 23:4
- Judges 5:31
So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
- Psalms 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
- Psalms 89:36
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
- Hosea 6:5
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
- Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Isaiah 60:3
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
- Luke 1:78-79
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
- Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
- Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- Micah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
- Psalms 110:3
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
- 2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
- 2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
2 Samuel 23:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Será como la luz de la mañana cuando sale el sol, de la mañana sin nubes; cuando la hierba de la tierra brota por medio del resplandor después de la lluvia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il sera comme la lumière du matin, quand le soleil se lève, un matin sans nuages: par sa clarté l’herbe tendre germe de la terre après la pluie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und er wird sein wie das Licht des Morgens, wenn die Sonne aufgeht, ein Morgen ohne Wolken: von ihrem Glanze nach dem Regen sproßt das Grün aus der Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sicut lux auroræ, oriente sole, mane absque nubibus rutilat: et sicut pluviis germinat herba de terra. |