Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree,
He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

King James Version

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Holman Bible

The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

International Standard Version

The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar 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 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.

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Context Readings

God's Love And Faithfulness

11 Also my eye shall see my desire on my enemies, and my ears shall hear the wicked who rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Cross References

Psalm 52:8

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

Hosea 14:5-6

I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast out his roots like Lebanon.

Psalm 1:3

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.

Psalm 104:16

The trees of Jehovah are full, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted;

Numbers 24:6

They are spread forth like the valleys, like gardens by the river's side, like the trees of aloes which Jehovah has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.

1 Kings 4:33

And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.

1 Kings 6:29

And he carved all the walls of the house all around with carved figures of cherubs and palm trees and open flowers, inside and out.

Psalm 72:7

In His days the righteous shall flourish; and abundance of peace, until the moon is not.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;

Psalm 148:9

mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,

Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the thorn, the fir tree shall come up; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree shall come up; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off.

Isaiah 65:22

They will not build, and another live in them; they will not plant, and another eat. For like the days of a tree are the days of My people, and My elect will long enjoy the work of their hands.

Jeremiah 17:8

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters; it sends out its roots by the river, and it shall not fear when the heat comes, but its foliage shall be green; and he is not worried in the year of drought, nor will it cease from yielding fruit.

Amos 2:9

Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from below.

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