King James Version
Psalms 128:2 in the King James Version says “For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 128 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
Psalms 128:2 · KJV
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.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of thine hands”
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-
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“happy”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
“shalt thou be and it shall be well”
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
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