KJV King James Version
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
WEB World English Bible
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
ASV American Standard Version
And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.
Surrounding context — Psalm 1
1 Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְֽהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beכְּעֵץ֮H6086 · etstree: woodשָׁת֪וּלH8362 · sha.talto transplantעַֽל־H5921 · aluponפַּלְגֵ֫יH6388 · pe.legstreamמָ֥יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichפִּרְי֨וֹ׀H6529 · pe.rifruitיִתֵּ֬ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveבְּעִתּ֗וֹH6256 · ettimeוְעָלֵ֥הוּH5929 · a.lehleafלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִבּ֑וֹלH5034 · na.valbe senselessוְכֹ֖לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיַעֲשֶׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doיַצְלִֽיחַ׃H6743 · tsa.lachto rush
Cross-references
Jeremiah 17:8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.Ezekiel 47:12And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.Psalm 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.Ezekiel 19:10Thy mother [is] like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.Genesis 39:23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing [that was] under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and [that] which he did, the LORD made [it] to prosper.Joshua 1:7-8Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.Ezekiel 17:8It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.Revelation 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.Matthew 13:6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.Psalm 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.Genesis 39:3And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.Isaiah 44:4And they shall spring up [as] among the grass, as willows by the water courses.Job 14:9[Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.Matthew 21:34And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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