ASV: 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;
BBE: Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;
DBY: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
KJV: 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:
JPS: We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;
WBS: 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:
WEB: Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
YLT: Because our sons 'are' as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,
