Psalms 128:6
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.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
- KJV
- Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
- WEB
- Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
- ASV
- Yea, see thou thy children`s children. Peace be upon Israel. Psalm 129 A Song of Ascents.
- DARBY
- And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
- BLB
- and may you see the sons of your sons! Peace [be] upon Israel!
- ÅB
- Og du skal se barn av dine barn. Fred være over Israel!
- OTB
- Ja, måtte du se dine etterkommere.
Fred være over Israel! - B1930
- Og du skal se barn av dine barn. Fred være over Israel!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 42:16
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
Read in contextGenesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:12
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Read in contextProverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Read in contextPsalms 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Read in contextGalatians 1:16
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
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