Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
New American Standard Bible
He will grow like a
King James Version
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Holman Bible
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
A Conservative Version
A righteous man shall flourish like the palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
American Standard Version
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Amplified
The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].
Darby Translation
The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
Julia Smith Translation
The just one shall flourish as the palm tree: he shall become great as the cedar in Lebanon.
King James 2000
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Modern King James verseion
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
NET Bible
The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
New Heart English Bible
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
The Emphasized Bible
The righteous, like the palm-tree, shall thrive, Like the cedar in Lebanon, shall he grow;
Webster
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
World English Bible
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Who is planted firmly
Cedars » Lebanon celebrated for
Cedars » Illustrative of » Saints in their rapid growth
God's Promises » To the prayerful » To the righteous
God's Promises » Mysteries of of progress » Spiritual progress a characteristic of the righteous
Lebanon » Celebrated for » Cedars
Palm tree » Figurative » Of the prosperity of the righteous
Palm trees » Illustrative of » The righteous
Palm trees » Described as » Flourishing
spiritual Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
Righteous » Compared with » Cedars in lebanon
Righteous » Compared with » Palm trees
The righteous » The righteous, promises to
Righteousness » Promises concerning » Promises to the righteous
compared to Saints » Cedars in lebanon
compared to Saints » Palm trees
Topics
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 92:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love And Faithfulness
11 My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear. 12 The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Planted in the LORD's Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.
Hosea 14:5-6
I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalm 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.
Psalm 104:16
The loftiest trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
Numbers 24:6
They're spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water.
1 Kings 4:33
He described trees everything from cedars that grow in Lebanon to hyssop that grows on a garden wall. He described animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
1 Kings 6:29
Solomon also inlaid all the inner walls of the Temple both the inner and outer sanctuaries with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers.
Psalm 72:7
The righteous will flourish at the proper time and peace will prevail until the moon is no more.
Psalm 92:7
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
Psalm 148:9
mountains and every hill, fruit trees and cedars,
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of thornbushes, pine trees will grow, and instead of briers, myrtles will grow; and they will be a sign for the LORD, and an everlasting name that will not be cut off."
Isaiah 65:22
They won't build for others to inhabit; they won't plant for others to eat for like the lifetime of a tree, so will the lifetime of my people be, and my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
Jeremiah 17:8
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won't fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won't be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit."
Amos 2:9
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath.