Psalms 128:2
What does Psalms 128:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 128:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy <FI>art<Fi> thou, and good <FI>is<Fi> to thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:11
And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
- Isaiah 3:10
Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Ephesians 6:3
that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
- Genesis 3:19
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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