Psalms 128:3
Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy [art] thou, and good [is] to thee.
4Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 8:40And the sons of Ulam are men mighty in valour, treading bow, and multiplying sons and son's sons, a hundred and fifty. All these [are] of the sons of Benjamin.
Psalms 127:3Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah [are] sons, A reward [is] the fruit of the womb.
Psalms 144:12Because our sons [are] as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished — the likeness of a palace,
Jeremiah 11:16'An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,' Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.
Hosea 14:6Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 128:2-6
Blessedness of the Godly. 1 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. 6 Yea, thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →