Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.
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.
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.
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 And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear. 12 The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. 13 Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 52:8
And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
Hosea 14:5-6
I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.
Psalm 1:3
And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.
Psalm 104:16
Satisfied are the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted,
Numbers 24:6
As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;
1 Kings 4:33
and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,
1 Kings 6:29
and all the walls of the house round about he hath carved with openings of carvings, cherubs, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, within and without.
Psalm 72:7
Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Psalm 148:9
The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thorn come up doth fir, Instead of the brier come up doth myrtle, And it hath been to Jehovah for a name, For a sign age-during -- it is not cut off!
Isaiah 65:22
They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree are the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.
Jeremiah 17:8
And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.
Amos 2:9
And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height is as the height of cedars, And strong he is as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.