Psalms 133:3
1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
2 It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
- KJV
- As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
- WEB
- like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forever more.
- ASV
- Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore. Psalm 134 A Song of Ascents.
- DARBY
- As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.
- BLB
- [or] like the dew of Hermon, which is coming down upon the mountains of Zion. For there YHWH commanded the blessing—life even to forever!
- ÅB
- Som Hermons-dugg, som flyter ned på Sions berg; for der har Herren satt velsignelsen, liv til evig tid.
- OTB
- Det er som dugg fra Hermon
Som faller på Sions fjell;
For der har Herren befalt velsignelsen—
Liv for evig. - B1930
- Som Hermons-dugg, som flyter ned på Sions berg; for der har Herren satt velsignelsen, liv til evig tid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 28:8
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
Read in contextLeviticus 25:21
But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
Read in contextPsalms 42:8
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:48
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
Read in context1 John 5:11
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Read in contextRomans 5:21
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Read in contextMicah 5:7
Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
Read in contextPsalms 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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