Psalms 128 · Verse 3

Psalms 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.
Psalms 128:3, King James Version

Psalms 128:3 in other translations

BSBYour wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
WEBYour wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table.
ASVThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
YLTThy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.
DARBYThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
BBEYour wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
WebsterThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around thy table.

What does Psalms 128:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. by the sides--or, "within" (Psa 48:2). olive plants--are peculiarly luxuriant (Psa 52:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine - Thy children, in every corner and apartment of thy house, shall be the evidences of the fruitfulness of thy wife, as bunches of grapes on every bough of the vine are the proofs of its being in a healthy thriving state. Being about the house sides, or apartments, is spoken of the wife, not the vine; being around the table is spoken of the children, not of the olive-plants. It does not appear that there were any vines planted against the walls of the houses in Jerusalem, nor any olive-trees in pots or tubs in the inside of their houses; as may be found in different parts of Europe.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 128:3 in the original Hebrew

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אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤\׀'esh.te.Khawife yourH802
כְּגֶ֥פֶןke.Ge.fen[will be] like a vineH1612
פֹּרִיָּה֮po.ri.YahfruitfulH6509
בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪יbe.yar.ke.Teiin [the] innermost parts ofH3411
בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָvei.Te.khahouse yourH1004
בָּ֭נֶיךָBa.nei.khachildren yourH1121
כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣יkish.ti.Lei[will be] like shoots ofH8363
זֵיתִ֑יםzei.Timolive treesH2132
סָ֝בִ֗יבsa.VivaroundH5439
לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ\׃le.shul.cha.Ne.kha<to> table yourH7979

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 128:3

  • Ezekiel 19:10

    Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

  • Psalms 52:8

    But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

  • Romans 11:24

    For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

  • Proverbs 5:15-18

    Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

  • Genesis 49:22

    Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

  • Jeremiah 11:16

    The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

  • Hosea 14:6-7

    His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

  • Psalms 144:12

    That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

  • Psalms 127:5

    Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a fruitful vine.
Ge 49:22; Pr 5:15-18; Eze 19:10
olive plants.
52:8; 144:12; Jer 11:16; Ho 14:6,7; Ro 11:24
round about.
127:5

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Context

  • Psalms 128:2

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

  • Psalms 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.

  • Psalms 128:4

    Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

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Psalms 128:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tu mujer será como parra que lleva fruto á los lados de tu casa; tus hijos como plantas de olivas alrededor de tu mesa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ta femme sera au-dedans de ta maison comme une vigne féconde; tes fils seront comme des plants d’oliviers autour de ta table.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dein Weib wird gleich einem fruchtbaren Weinstock sein im Innern deines Hauses, deine Söhne gleich Ölbaumsprossen rings um deinen Tisch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.