New Revised Standard Version
I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.

Contemporary English Version
I will be like the dew--then you will blossom like lilies and have roots like a tree.

New American Bible
I will be like the dew for Israel: he will blossom like the lily; He will strike root like the Lebanon cedar,

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

as the dew.

Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

2 Samuel 23:4 As the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, shineth in the morning without clouds, and as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain.

Job 29:19 My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.

Psalm 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

Proverbs 19:12 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

Isaiah 18:4 For thus saith the Lord to me: I will take my rest, and consider in my place, as the noon light is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.

Micah 5:7 And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.

he shall.

Songs 2:1,2,16 I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys. . . .

Songs 4:5 Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Matthew 6:28 And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

Luke 12:27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

grow.

2 Kings 19:30 And whatsoever shall be left of the house of Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Psalm 72:16 And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

Isaiah 27:6 When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.

Isaiah 35:2 It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.

Ezekiel 17:22-24 Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the marrow of the high cedar, and will set it: I will crop off a tender twig from the top of the branches thereof, and I will plant it on a mountain high and eminent. . . .

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,