Psalm 128:2

Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

For thou shalt

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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עָמָל

ʻâmâl

H5999

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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of thine

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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אֶשֶׁר

ʼesher

H835

happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

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shalt thou be and it shall be

יָטַב

yâṭab

H3190

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

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with thee

Key Terms in This Verse

happy H835

אֶשֶׁר ʼesher

happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

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labour H5999

עָמָל ʻâmâl

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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well H3190

יָטַב yâṭab

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

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hands H3027

יָד yâd

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:10 cross-reference

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Isaiah 62:8 cross-reference

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 ...

Deuteronomy 28:4 cross-reference

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.

Deuteronomy 28:11 cross-reference

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...

1 Corinthians 15:58 cross-reference

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.

Ecclesiastes 8:12 cross-reference

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:

Ephesians 6:3 cross-reference

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Isaiah 65:13 cross-reference

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...

Jeremiah 22:15 cross-reference

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?

Deuteronomy 28:51 cross-reference

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...

Deuteronomy 28:39 cross-reference

Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

Genesis 3:19 cross-reference

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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