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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.

Context of Psalms 128:3

1Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. 2You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the Lord. 5May the Lord bless you from Zion; 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

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 49:22“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
• Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
• Ezekiel 19:10“ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
• Psalms 52:8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.
• Psalms 144:12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
• Jeremiah 11:16The Lord called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken.
• Hosea 14:6his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
• Romans 11:24After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, 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 put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

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
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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