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Psalms 128:2

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

KJV

sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea : etenim non potuerunt mihi.

Vulgate

πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου, καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι.

LXX

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

ASV

יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּי/ךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗י/ךָ וְ/ט֣וֹב לָֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְגִ֥יעַ
ygy'
noun · 16×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
ם
m
verb · 811×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 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.
  • Deut 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.
  • Deut 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 the
  • Deut 28:51 — And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy s
  • Eccl 2:10 — And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
  • Eccl 3:13 — And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
  • Eccl 5:18 — 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: f
  • Eccl 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:
  • Eph 6:3 — That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
  • Gen 2:15 — And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
  • Isa 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
  • Isa 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
  • Isa 65:13 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be a
  • Isa 65:21 — And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
  • Jer 22:15 — Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
  • Judg 19:16 — And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
  • Neh 5:2 — For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
  • Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Prov 13:11 — Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
  • Prov 31:31 — Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
  • Ps 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
  • Ruth 3:1 — Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?