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Psalms 128:3
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
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 is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways. 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy 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. 5Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion; and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life,
Read all of Psalms 128Psalms 128:3 word by word
אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀ כְּגֶ֥פֶן פֹּרִיָּה֮ בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ בָּ֭נֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י זֵיתִ֑ים סָ֝בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 128:3
- Genesis 49:22Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.
- Proverbs 5:15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
- Ezekiel 19:10Thy mother was as a vine, in thy rest, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- Psalms 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.
- Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
- Jeremiah 11:16Jehovah had called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair, of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and its branches are broken.
- Hosea 14:6His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- Romans 11:24For if thou hast been cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, and, contrary to nature, hast been grafted into the good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature be grafted into their own olive tree?
- Psalms 127:5Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the 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
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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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