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Psalms 23:2
2He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
Psalms 23:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.
Context of Psalms 23:2
1The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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בִּנְא֣וֹת דֶּ֭שֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִי עַל־מֵ֖י מְנֻח֣וֹת יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 23:2
- Isaiah 30:23He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
- Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.
- Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Isaiah 49:9to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’ “They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.
- Revelation 7:17For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Revelation 21:7Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.
- Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- Job 34:29But if he remains silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he is over individual and nation alike,
- Isaiah 8:6“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Commentaries on Psalms 23:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures - דשא בנאות binoth deshe, not green pastures, but cottages of turf or sods, such as the shepherds had in open champaign countries; places in which themselves could repose safely; and pens thus constructed where the flock might be safe all the night. They were enclosures, and enclosures where they had grass or provender to eat. Beside the still waters - Deep waters, that the strongest heat could not exhale; not by…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures - Margin, “Pastures of tender grass.” The Hebrew word rendered “pastures” means usually “dwellings,” or “habitations.” It is applied here properly to “pastures,” as places where flocks and herds lie down for repose. The word rendered in the margin “tender grass” - דשׁא deshe' - refers to the first shoots of vegetation from the earth - young herbage - tender grass - as clothing the meadows, and as delicate food…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Sheep rest after they have eaten enough (Zephaniah 3:13; see Isaiah 11:7; compare Isaiah 13:20; 27:10). The Lord guides the sheep for their benefit (see Psalm 5:8). Sheep drink only from still water, so the shepherd finds peaceful streams for them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. green pastures--or, "pastures of tender grass," are mentioned, not in respect to food, but as places of cool and refreshing rest. the still waters--are, literally, "waters of "stillness," whose quiet flow invites to repose. They are contrasted with boisterous streams on the one hand, and stagnant, offensive pools on the other.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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