King James Version
Psalms 128:3 in the King James Version says “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 128 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · 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.
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“by the sides”
H3411properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
“of thine house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“thy children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“like olive”
H2132an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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