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Psalms 128:2
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Psalms 128:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Context of Psalms 128:2
1Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. 4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah.
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יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 128:2
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Deuteronomy 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.
- Judges 6:3And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up, and Amalek, and the children of the east, and came up against them.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18Behold what I have seen good and comely: [it is] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith [man] laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.
- Isaiah 62:8Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength, I will indeed no more give thy corn [to be] food for thine enemies; and the sons of the alien shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast laboured;
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed;
- Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;
- Isaiah 3:10Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in [the] Lord.
- Ephesians 6:3that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 128:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands - Thou shalt enjoy the avails of thy labor; thou shalt be secure in thy rights. See the notes at Isaiah 3:10. This is a general promise respecting the prosperity which religion affords. If all people were truly religious, this would be universal, so far as man is concerned. Property would be secure; and, except so far as abundant harvests might be prevented by the direct providence of God - by blight, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2eating the fruit of your labor: This means gaining benefit from whatever work one does.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For thou shalt eat--that is, It is a blessing to live on the fruits of one's own industry.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2If...the toil of your hands He who benefits from the toil of his hands inherits two worlds. In Tractate Berachoth (8a).Read the comment
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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
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