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Psalms 128:3
3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your 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
1How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands! 2You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table. 4Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way. 5May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,
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 a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.
- Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.
- Ezekiel 19:10“‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God’s loyal love.
- Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.
- Jeremiah 11:16I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing.
- Hosea 14:6His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
- Romans 11:24For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?
- Psalms 127:5How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies 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
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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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