Psalms 128:3

Psalms 128:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
• New International Version (NIV)Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table.

Context of Psalms 128:3

1Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience], Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments. 2For you shall eat the fruit of [the labor of] your hands, You will be happy and blessed and it will be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within the innermost part of your house; Your children will be like olive plants Around your table. 4Behold, for so shall the man be blessed and divinely favored Who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience]. 5May the Lord bless you from Zion [His holy mountain], And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life;

Psalms 128:3 word by word

אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀ כְּגֶ֥פֶן פֹּרִיָּה֮ בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ בָּ֭נֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י זֵיתִ֑ים סָ֝בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• as a fruitfulפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• by the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• like oliveזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• plantsשָׁתִילshethîyl · shootH8363
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• thy tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979

Cross-references for Psalms 128:3

• Genesis 49:22“Joseph is a fruitful bough (a main branch of the vine), A fruitful bough by a spring (a well, a fountain); Its branches run over the wall [influencing others].
• Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship] And fresh running water from your own well.
• Ezekiel 19:10Your mother [Jerusalem] was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant water.
• Psalms 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
• Psalms 144:12Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;
• Jeremiah 11:16The Lord [acknowledged you once as worthy and] called your name, “A green olive tree, fair and beautiful in fruit and form”; But with the roar of a great tempest He has set fire to it, And its branches are worthless.
• Hosea 14:6His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
• Romans 11:24For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these who are the natural branches back into [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree?
• Psalms 127:5How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.

Commentaries on Psalms 128:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house - It is not uncommon in the East, as elsewhere, to train a vine along the sides of a house - partly to save ground; partly because it is a good exposure for fruit; partly as an ornament; and partly to protect it from thieves. Such a vine, in its beauty, and in the abundant clusters upon it, becomes a beautiful emblem of the mother of a numerous household. One of the blessings most desired…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Children are like strong young olive trees because they are full of potential. Olive oil symbolizes God's blessing (Psalm 104:15; Numbers 18:12; Jeremiah 31:12; Haggai 2:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. by the sides--or, "within" (Psa 48:2). olive plants--are peculiarly luxuriant (Psa 52:8).Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 3as a fruitful vine Every woman whose blood is abundant will have many children.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 128:3

• Children
• Family
• Grape
• Olive
• Righteous
• Wife

In the dictionaries

• Child
• Degrees, Song of
• Hallel
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Commentaries on Psalms 128

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings