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Psalms 128:3
3Your 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.
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 joyful are those who fear the Lord— all who follow his ways! 2You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How joyful and prosperous you will be! 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. 4That is the Lord’s blessing for those who fear him. 5May the Lord continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper 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 49:22“Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey, the foal of a wild donkey at a spring— one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.
- Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife.
- Ezekiel 19:10“Your mother was like a vine planted by the water’s edge. It had lush, green foliage because of the abundant water.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
- Psalms 144:12May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.
- Jeremiah 11:16I, the Lord, once called them a thriving olive tree, beautiful to see and full of good fruit. But now I have sent the fury of their enemies to burn them with fire, leaving them charred and broken.
- Hosea 14:6Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon.
- Romans 11:24You, by nature, were a branch cut from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to do something contrary to nature by grafting you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more eager to graft the original branches back into the tree where they belong.
- Psalms 127:5How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.
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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