Psalms 128:4

Amplified Bible

Behold, for so shall the man be blessed and divinely favored Who fears the LORD [and worships Him with obedience].

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In this very waythe man who fears the Lordwill be blessed.

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.

King James Version
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord .

English Standard Version
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord .

New Century Version
This is how the man who respects the Lord will be blessed.

New English Translation
Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way.

New American Standard Bible
Behold, for so shall a man Who fears the LORD be blessed.

World English Bible
Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Lo, surely thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, for thus shall the man be blessedWho fears Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
That is how the Lord will bless everyone who respects him.

Complete Jewish Bible
This is the kind of blessing that will fall on him who fears Adonai .

Darby Translation
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, the Lord will really bless those who respect him.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

Good News Translation
A man who obeys the Lord will surely be blessed like this.

Lexham English Bible
Look, for thus shall a man be blessed who fears Yahweh.

Literal Translation
Behold! So shall the man be blessed who fears Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy children like the olyue braunches roude aboute yi table.

American Standard Version
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
Beholde that thus shall the man be blessed; that feareth the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord.

English Revised Version
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! so a man schal be blessid; that dredith the Lord.

Update Bible Version
Look, thus shall the [able-bodied] man be blessed That fears Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

New King James Version
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the LORD.

New Living Translation
That is the Lord 's blessing for those who fear him.

New Life Bible
This is the good that will come to the man who honors the Lord with fear.

New Revised Standard
Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(127-4) Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the Lord .

Contextual Overview

¹Blessed [happy and sheltered by God's favor] is everyone who fears the LORD [and worships Him with obedience], Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments. ²For you shall eat the fruit of [the labor of] your hands, You will be happy and blessed and it will be well with you. ³Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within the innermost part of your house; Your children will be like olive plants Around your table. ⁴Behold, for so shall the man be blessed and divinely favored Who fears the LORD [and worships Him with obedience].⁵May the LORD bless you from Zion [His holy mountain], And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life; ⁶Indeed, may you see your [family perpetuated in your] children's children. Peace be upon Israel!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:28 - General Genesis 9:1 - blessed Genesis 11:11 - begat sons Psalms 115:13 - He will bless Psalms 127:3 - children Zechariah 8:5 - playing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. In the manner before described, and in the instances already given, as well as in the following; this is said to raise attention, and fix a sense of the blessedness of such persons; and who are further addressed, and pronounced happy, in the next verses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed ... - As if he had said, “Look upon this picture. See the farmer cultivating his fields; see him gathering in the grain; see him at his own table calmly, quietly, and gratefully enjoying the fruit of his toil. Look upon that picture of a happy family - numerous, cheerful, beloved - giving promise of upholding the name of the family in future years - and see all this as coming from the Lord - and you have an illustration of the blessedness which follows a religious life.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 128:4. Thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. — A great price for a small consideration. Fear God, and thou shalt have as much domestic good as may be useful to thee.