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Psalms 128:3
3Your wife will be like a vine that grows in your home, and it gives many grapes. Your children will sit around your table, like the branches of an olive tree that are around you.
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
1If people respect the Lord and they obey his commands, God has blessed them! 2You will eat the food that you have worked hard to grow. You will have everything that you need. You will be happy! Your wife will be like a vine that grows in your home, and it gives many grapes. Your children will sit around your table, like the branches of an olive tree that are around you. 4Yes, if a man respects the Lord, that is how God blesses him. 5The Lord rules from Zion, and I pray that he will bless you. Then you will see that Jerusalem is a good place to live in for as long as you live.
Read all of Psalms 128Psalms 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 49:22Joseph is like a vine that has lots of fruit. It grows near a well and its branches go over a wall.
- Proverbs 5:15You should enjoy your own wife, as you enjoy clean water to drink.
- Ezekiel 19:10Your mother was like a vine that was growing near a stream. It grew well because there was plenty of water there. It made many branches and it had a lot of fruit.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a strong olive tree that grows in the house of God. I will always trust in God's faithful love for his people.
- Psalms 144:12When our sons are young, may they grow quickly, like strong plants. May our daughters become tall and beautiful, like the beautiful pillars in a king's house.
- Jeremiah 11:16I, the Lord, called you a beautiful olive tree. It was a tree that gave lots of good fruit. But now I will destroy you with fire. The flames will make a loud noise. All your branches will be useless.
- Hosea 14:6They will grow like a tree that makes new branches. They will be beautiful like olive trees. They will have a sweet smell, like the forests in Lebanon.
- Romans 11:24God cut you like branches from a wild olive tree. Then he put you into the farmer's olive tree so that you became part of it. He could do that even though that was not your own tree before. So God will be able to do that for Israel's people. He can easily put them back into their own tree, that they were part of before.
- Psalms 127:5If a man has many sons, God has blessed him. When his enemies speak against him at the city gate, they will not win.
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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