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Psalms 128:2

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1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

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.

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BSB
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
KJV
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
WEB
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
ASV
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
DARBY
For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
BLB
The labor of your hands, surely you shall eat; blessings and good [are] unto you.
ÅB
Frukten av dine henders arbeid skal du nyte; lykksalig er du, og det går deg vel.
OTB
Du skal spise frukten av dine henders arbeid;
Du skal være lykkelig, og det skal gå deg vel.
B1930
Frukten av dine henders arbeid skal du nyte; lykksalig er du, og det går dig vel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 3:10

    Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

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  • Isaiah 62:8

    The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

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  • Isaiah 65:21–23

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:18–19

    Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:4

    Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:11

    And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:12

    Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

    Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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