Psalms 92:12

What does Psalms 92:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 92:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.

Context

v.11Mine eye also hath seen my desireon mine enemies, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

v.12This passage

v.13They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 104:16

    The trees of Jehovah are filledwith moisture, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

  • Hosea 14:5

    I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

  • Numbers 24:6

    As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.

  • Isaiah 65:22

    They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

  • 1 Kings 4:33

    And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

  • Psalms 72:7

    In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.

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