Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high 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.
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 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.
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 I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. 12 The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Planted in the Lord's house, they grow in the courts of our God.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 52:8
But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love.
Hosea 14:5-6
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
Psalm 104:16
The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
Numbers 24:6
They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river's side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.
1 Kings 4:33
He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish.
1 Kings 6:29
On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.
Psalm 72:7
During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
Psalm 148:9
you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,
Isaiah 55:13
Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the Lord, a permanent reminder that will remain.
Isaiah 65:22
No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.
Jeremiah 17:8
They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
Amos 2:9
For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground.