Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.
New American Standard Bible
You will be happy and
King James Version
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
International Standard Version
You will eat from the work of your hands; you will be happy, and it will go well for you.
A Conservative Version
For thou shall eat the labor of thy hands. Happy thou shall be, and it shall be well with thee.
American Standard Version
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Amplified
For you shall eat the fruit of [the labor of] your hands,
You will be happy and blessed and it will be well with you.
Darby Translation
For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: happy thou, and well to thee.
King James 2000
For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you [will be] happy and [it will be] well with you.
Modern King James verseion
For you shall surely eat the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and all is well with you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.
NET Bible
You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
New Heart English Bible
For you will eat the labor of your hands; you will be blessed, and it will be well with you.
Webster
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
World English Bible
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Youngs Literal Translation
The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy art thou, and good is to thee.
Themes
Children » Promised to the righteous
Happiness » General references to
Happiness of saints in this life » Is derived from » Fear of God
Labor » Who shall eat the fruits of their labor
Topics
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 128:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings For Those Who Fear God
1
A song of ascents.
who walks in His ways!
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.
within your house,
your sons, like young olive trees
around your table.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:10
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life,
Ephesians 6:3
so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.
Genesis 3:19
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
Deuteronomy 28:4
and your land’s produce,
and the offspring of your livestock,
including the young of your herds
and the newborn of your flocks.
Deuteronomy 28:11
The Lord will make you prosper abundantly with children,
Deuteronomy 28:39
You will plant and cultivate vineyards but not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
Deuteronomy 28:51
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and your land’s produce until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, oil, young of your herds, or newborn of your flocks until they cause you to perish.
Judges 6:3-6
Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites
Psalm 109:11
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19
Here is what I have seen to be good:
Isaiah 62:8
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
Isaiah 65:21-23
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Jeremiah 22:15
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work,