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 is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways. 2When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, You will be happy and it will go well for you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table. 4Behold, for so shall a man Who fears the Lord be blessed. 5The Lord bless you from Zion, 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

• Your wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• fruitfulפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• Withinיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• your houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• Your childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• oliveזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• plantsשָׁתִילshethîyl · shootH8363
• Aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• your tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979

Cross-references for Psalms 128:3

• Genesis 49:22“Joseph is a fruitful branch, A fruitful branch by a spring; Its branches hang over a wall.
• Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, And fresh water from your own well.
• Ezekiel 19:10Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and thick with branches Because of abundant waters.
• Psalms 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.
• Psalms 144:12When our sons in their youth are like growing plants, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace,
• Jeremiah 11:16The Lord named you “A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”; With the noise of a great tumult He has set fire to it, And its branches are worthless.
• Hosea 14:6His shoots will sprout, His majesty 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 contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
• Psalms 127:5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their 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

Topics related to Psalms 128:3

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

In the dictionaries

• Child
• Degrees, Song of
• Hallel
• Psalms
• Child; Children
• Crime; Crimes
• Degree
• Degrees, Songs of
• Dial of Ahaz
• Hallelujah

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