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 · 2000The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The 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 · 1862The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
Context
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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