Passage

Psalms 128.3

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. ^{A Song of Ascents.} Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways. 2. For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee."

"3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table."

"4. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah. 5. Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life." (Psalms 128:1-5, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. 2. For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you."

"3. Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table."

"4. Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh. 5. May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life." (Psalms 128:1-5, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee."

"3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table."

"4. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5. The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life." (Psalms 128:1-5, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways. 2. The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy [art] thou, and good [is] to thee."

"3. Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table."

"4. Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah. 5. Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life," (Psalms 128:1-5, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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