Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.

King James Version

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Holman Bible

He lets me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.

International Standard Version

He causes me to lie down in pastures of green grass; he guides me beside quiet waters.

A Conservative Version

He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

American Standard Version

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.

Amplified


He lets me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.

Darby Translation

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.

Julia Smith Translation

He will cause me to lie down in pastures of tender grass: he will lead me to the water of rest

King James 2000

He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In grassy pastures he makes me lie down; by quiet waters he leads me.

Modern King James verseion

He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He feedeth me in a green pasture, and leadeth me forth beside the waters of comfort.

NET Bible

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

New Heart English Bible

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Webster

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

World English Bible

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Youngs Literal Translation

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 23:2

References

Easton

Fausets

Smith

Images Psalm 23:2

Context Readings

The Good Shepherd

1 A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

Cross References

Psalm 46:4

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Revelation 7:17

for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

Job 34:29

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?—

Isaiah 30:23

Then He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be rich and plenteous; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture.

Isaiah 49:9-10

Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
Along the roads they will feed,
And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

Ezekiel 34:13-14

I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

Revelation 21:6

Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.

Revelation 22:1

Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.

Isaiah 8:6

“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

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