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Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/128.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/128.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/128.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thy wife <i>shall be</i> as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/128.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your wife <i>shall be</i> like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/128.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/128.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/128.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine, Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/128.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the innermost parts of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/128.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within the innermost part of your house; Your children will be like olive plants Around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/128.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children, like young olive trees around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/128.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your sons, like young olive trees around your table. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/128.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/128.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your wife will be as fruitful as a grapevine, and just as an olive tree is rich with olives, your home will be rich with healthy children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/128.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thine house: thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/128.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine inside your home. Your children will be like young olive trees around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/128.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your home, and your children will be like young olive trees around your table. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/128.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive shoots surrounding your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/128.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/128.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/128.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/128.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around thy table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/128.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/128.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Your wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of your house, "" Your sons as olive plants around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/128.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/128.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thy wife as a vine bearing fruit in the sides of thy house: thy sons as plants of olives round about thy table.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/128.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/128.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 127:3>Your wife is like an abundant vine on the sides of your house. Your sons are like young olive trees surrounding your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/128.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your home, Your children like young olive plants around your table. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/128.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/128.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants round about your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/128.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your wife is like a glorious vine on the outside of your house, your children like plants of olive trees around your table!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/128.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/128.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of thy house: thy children as young olive-plants round about thy table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/128-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=16392" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/128.htm">Blessed Are All who Walk in His Ways</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’eš·tə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">Your wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/6509.htm" title="6509: pō·rî·yāh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To bear fruit, be fruitful. A primitive root; to bear fruit.">will be like a fruitful</a> <a href="/hebrew/1612.htm" title="1612: kə·ḡe·p̄en (Prep-k:: N-cs) -- A vine. From an unused root meaning to bend; a vine, especially the grape.">vine</a> <a href="/hebrew/3411.htm" title="3411: bə·yar·kə·ṯê (Prep-b:: N-fdc) -- Flank, side, extreme parts, recesses. Feminine of yarek; properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess.">flourishing within</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ḇê·ṯe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">your house,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·ne·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">your sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/2132.htm" title="2132: zê·ṯîm (N-mp) -- Olive tree, olive. Probably from an unused root; an olive, the tree, the branch or the berry.">like olive</a> <a href="/hebrew/8363.htm" title="8363: kiš·ṯi·lê (Prep-k:: N-mpc) -- A transplanted shoot, slip. From shathal; a sprig, i.e. Sucker.">shoots</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">sitting around</a> <a href="/hebrew/7979.htm" title="7979: lə·šul·ḥā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A table. From shalach; a table; by implication, a meal.">your table.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-28.htm">Proverbs 31:28</a></span><br />Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a></span><br />God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a></span><br />And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">Genesis 17:6</a></span><br />I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60</a></span><br />And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Genesis 49:25</a></span><br />by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-26.htm">Exodus 23:26</a></span><br />No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a></span><br />The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-11.htm">Deuteronomy 28:11</a></span><br />The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-20.htm">1 Samuel 2:20</a></span><br />And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-25.htm">1 Kings 4:25</a></span><br />Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a></span><br />For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-6.htm">Jeremiah 29:6</a></span><br />Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table.</p><p class="hdg">a fruitful vine</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Genesis 49:22</a></b></br> Joseph <i>is</i> a fruitful bough, <i>even</i> a fruitful bough by a well; <i>whose</i> branches run over the wall:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-15.htm">Proverbs 5:15-18</a></b></br> Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/19-10.htm">Ezekiel 19:10</a></b></br> Thy mother <i>is</i> like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.</p><p class="hdg">olive plants</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8</a></b></br> But I <i>am</i> like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12</a></b></br> That our sons <i>may be</i> as plants grown up in their youth; <i>that</i> our daughters <i>may be</i> as corner stones, polished <i>after</i> the similitude of a palace:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16</a></b></br> The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, <i>and</i> of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.</p><p class="hdg">round about</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/127-5.htm">Psalm 127:5</a></b></br> Happy <i>is</i> the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/127-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/psalms/107-37.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/105-30.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/psalms/51-6.htm">Innermost</a> <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/psalms/118-17.htm">Part</a> <a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/psalms/105-35.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/psalms/125-2.htm">Round</a> <a href="/psalms/80-11.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/psalms/104-25.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/psalms/78-19.htm">Table</a> <a href="/psalms/80-16.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/psalms/109-9.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/psalms/122-8.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/128-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/132-17.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/psalms/148-9.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-27.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-8.htm">Innermost</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-6.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/psalms/131-1.htm">Part</a> <a href="/psalms/136-13.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/psalms/144-12.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/psalms/138-7.htm">Round</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-18.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/psalms/141-6.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Table</a> <a href="/songs/6-11.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/psalms/131-2.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 128</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/128-1.htm">The various blessings which follow those who fear God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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A fruitful vine suggests abundance and fertility, reflecting the blessings of a harmonious and prosperous family life. The imagery of a vine is often used in Scripture to denote growth and productivity (e.g., <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a>, where Jesus refers to Himself as the vine). The fruitful vine also symbolizes the ideal role of a wife in the household, contributing to the family's well-being and success. This imagery connects to the broader biblical theme of fruitfulness as a sign of God's favor (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>).<p><b>flourishing within your house</b><br>The phrase emphasizes the domestic sphere as the primary domain of the wife's influence and productivity. In ancient Israel, the home was the center of family life and economic activity. The flourishing within the house suggests stability, peace, and prosperity, aligning with the biblical ideal of a well-ordered household (<a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10-31</a>). The home is seen as a place where God's blessings are manifested and nurtured, reflecting the cultural importance of family and community in biblical times.<p><b>your sons like olive shoots</b><br>Olive trees were highly valued in ancient Israel for their fruit, oil, and wood. Olive shoots symbolize new life, potential, and continuity. The comparison to olive shoots suggests that the sons are a source of hope and future prosperity for the family. This imagery is consistent with the biblical view of children as a blessing from the Lord (<a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a>). The olive tree's resilience and longevity also imply a legacy that endures through generations, highlighting the importance of raising children in the faith and values of their ancestors.<p><b>sitting around your table</b><br>The table is a symbol of fellowship, provision, and unity within the family. In the cultural context of the Bible, sharing a meal was an important social and familial activity, signifying peace and relationship. The image of sons sitting around the table suggests a close-knit family enjoying the fruits of their labor and God's blessings. This setting reflects the biblical ideal of family harmony and the joy of shared life (<a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46</a>). The table also serves as a metaphor for God's provision and abundance, as seen in <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Psalm 23:5</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/128.htm">Psalm 128</a>, traditionally attributed to King David or another Israelite poet, who writes about the blessings of fearing the Lord.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wife.htm">The Wife</a></b><br>Symbolized as a fruitful vine, representing fertility, prosperity, and the nurturing role within the household.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sons.htm">The Sons</a></b><br>Compared to olive shoots, symbolizing growth, potential, and the continuation of the family line.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house.htm">The House</a></b><br>Represents the family unit and domestic life, where the blessings of God are manifested.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_table.htm">The Table</a></b><br>A place of fellowship and provision, symbolizing unity and abundance within the family.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_blessing_of_family.htm">The Blessing of Family</a></b><br>Recognize that a godly family is a blessing from the Lord, and it is important to cultivate a home environment that honors Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_wife.htm">Role of the Wife</a></b><br>Understand the significant role of the wife as a nurturer and supporter within the family, akin to a fruitful vine that brings life and joy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/raising_godly_children.htm">Raising Godly Children</a></b><br>Emphasize the importance of raising children in the knowledge and fear of the Lord, as they are like olive shoots with the potential to grow and bear fruit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_and_fellowship.htm">Unity and Fellowship</a></b><br>Foster unity and fellowship within the family, symbolized by the table, as a reflection of God's provision and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/abiding_in_christ.htm">Abiding in Christ</a></b><br>Encourage each family member to abide in Christ, the true vine, to experience spiritual growth and fruitfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_128.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 128</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_children_a_blessing_from_god.htm">Are children a blessing from God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_128_3_conflict_with_modern_fertility.htm">Psalm 128:3 compares a wife to a “fruitful vine”—doesn’t this promise of abundant offspring conflict with modern understandings of fertility and childbearing challenges? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_quiverfull,_patriarchy.htm">What does the Bible say about Quiverfull and patriarchy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_stance_on_domestic_violence.htm">What does the Bible say about domestic violence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/128.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">By the sides</span>--No doubt the <span class= "ital">inner part </span>of the house is meant (see <a href="/psalms/48-2.htm" title="Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.">Psalm 48:2</a>)--the <span class= "ital">gynec?um </span>or woman's quarter--or perhaps the sides of the inner court or quadrangle. This is no more out of keeping with the figure of the <span class= "ital">vine </span>than the table is with that of olive plants. Though the Hebrews had not yet developed the fatal habit of secluding their women, as later Orientals have done, still there was a strict custom which allotted a more private tent (<a href="/genesis/18-9.htm" title="And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.">Genesis 18:9</a>) or part of a house to them. And doubtless we are here also to think of the good housewife who is engaged within at the household duties, and is not like the idle gossip, sitting "at the door of her house on a seat in the high places of the city" (<a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm" title="For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,">Proverbs 9:14</a>). The <span class= "ital">vine </span>and <span class= "ital">olive </span>are in Hebrew poetry frequent symbols of fruitfulness and of a happy, flourishing state. (See <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm" title="But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.">Psalm 52:8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm" title="The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken.">Jeremiah 11:16</a>.) The comparison of children to the healthy young shoots of a tree is, of course, common to all poetry, being indeed latent in such expressions as "scion of a noble house." (Comp. Euripides, <span class= "ital">Medea </span>1,098: "a sweet young shoot of children.")<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/128.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides</span> (rather, <span class="accented">in the inner chambers</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>of thine house</span>. The second point of blessedness is a fruitful wife, content to dwell in the female apartments of the house, to keep at home (<a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Titus 2:5</a>) and guide the household. <span class="cmt_word">Thy children like olive plants</span>; or, "olive shoots" - the vigorous offsets from an aged olive tree, which spring up around it, ready to take its place. <span class="cmt_word">Round about thy table</span>. Clustering around thy board, at once a source of cheerfulness and strength (see <a href="/psalms/127-5.htm">Psalm 127:5</a>). This is the third point of blessedness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/128-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your wife</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’eš·tə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be like a fruitful</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּרִיָּה֮</span> <span class="translit">(pō·rî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6509.htm">Strong's 6509: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear fruit, be fruitful</span><br /><br /><span class="word">vine</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּגֶ֥פֶן</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḡe·p̄en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1612.htm">Strong's 1612: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vine, the grape</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[flourishing] within</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yar·kə·ṯê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3411.htm">Strong's 3411: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flank, side, extreme parts, recesses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your house,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇê·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֭נֶיךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like olive</span><br /><span class="heb">זֵיתִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(zê·ṯîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2132.htm">Strong's 2132: </a> </span><span class="str2">An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shoots</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kiš·ṯi·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8363.htm">Strong's 8363: </a> </span><span class="str2">A transplanted shoot, slip</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[sitting] around</span><br /><span class="heb">סָ֝בִ֗יב</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your table.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šul·ḥā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7979.htm">Strong's 7979: </a> </span><span class="str2">A table, a meal</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 128:3 Your wife will be as a fruitful (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/128-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 128:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 128:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/128-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 128:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 128:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>