Psalms 128:2

128:1 A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

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

KJV

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

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

For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

What does Psalms 128:2 mean?

Psalms 128:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָכַל (ʼâkal), יְגִיעַ (yᵉgîyaʻ), כַּף (kaph).

Hebrew interlinear

For

thou

shalt

eatאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)

the

labourיְגִיעַyᵉgîyaʻ/yeg-ee'-ah/H3018toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)

thine

hands:כַּףkaph/kaf/H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power

happyאֶשֶׁרʼesher/eh'-sher/H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

shalt

thou

be,

and

shall

wellטוֹבṭôwb/tobe/H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

with

thee.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 128:2.

Genesis 2:17

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. thou shalt surely: Heb. dying thou shalt die

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 3:5

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. pleasant: Heb. a desire

Genesis 31:42

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Genesis 32:32

Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 128:2 say?

Psalms 128:2 (King James Version) reads: "For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee."

Is Psalms 128:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 128:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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