Psalms 23:2
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
- KJV
- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
- WEB
- He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
- ASV
- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.
- DARBY
- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.
- BLB
- In pastures green He makes me to lie down; beside waters of resting He guides me.
- ÅB
- Han lar meg ligge i grønne enger,
han leder meg til hvilens vann. - OTB
- Han lar meg ligge i grønne enger;
Han leder meg til hvilens vann. - B1930
- Han lar mig ligge i grønne enger, han leder mig til hvilens vann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Read in contextRevelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Read in contextEzekiel 34:13–14
I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
Read in contextPsalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
Read in contextRevelation 21:6
And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:23
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:9–10
to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
Read in contextRevelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
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