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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

Psalms 112:2

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Righteous;   Thompson Chain Reference - Heredity;   Offspring;   Righteous, the;   Seed of the Righteous;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Delight;   Endurance;   Fear;   Righteousness;   Uprightness;   Wealth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blessed, the;   Parents;   Prayer;   Uprightness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wealth;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Delight;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ethics;   Hallelujah;   Psalms;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Parable;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alphabet;   Generation;   Poetry, Hebrew;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Their children will be successful everywhere; an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
English Revised Version
His seed shall be mighty upon earth:
Update Bible Version
His seed shall be mighty on earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
New Century Version
Their descendants will be powerful in the land; the children of honest people will be blessed.
New English Translation
His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.
Webster's Bible Translation
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
World English Bible
His seed will be mighty on earth. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Amplified Bible
His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
English Standard Version
His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
His seed schal be myyti in erthe; the generacioun of riytful men schal be blessid.
Berean Standard Bible
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Contemporary English Version
Their descendants will have great power in the land, because the Lord blesses all who do right.
American Standard Version
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Bible in Basic English
His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
Complete Jewish Bible
His descendants will be powerful on earth, a blessed generation of upright people.
Darby Translation
His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their descendants will be given power on earth. Those who do right will be greatly blessed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
King James Version (1611)
His seed shall bee mightie vpon earth: the generation of the vpright shalbe blessed.
New Life Bible
His children will be powerful in the land. Each family who is right will be happy.
New Revised Standard
Their descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
His seede shall be mightie vpon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
George Lamsa Translation
His descendants shall be mighty upon earth; he shall be blessed in the generation of the upright.
Good News Translation
The good man's children will be powerful in the land; his descendants will be blessed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mighty in the earth, shall be his seed, The generation of the upright, shall be blessed;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(111-2) His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
Revised Standard Version
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His seede shalbe mightie vpon the earth: the generation of them that dwell vprightly, shalbe blessed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His seed shall be mighty in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Christian Standard Bible®
His descendants will be powerful in the land;the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Hebrew Names Version
His seed will be mighty on eretz. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Lexham English Bible
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Literal Translation
His seed shall be mighty on the earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed;
Young's Literal Translation
Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His sede shall be mightie vpon earth, the generacion of the faithfull shalbe blessed.
New American Standard Bible
His descendants will be mighty on the earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
New King James Version
His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Legacy Standard Bible
His seed will be mighty on earth;The generation of the upright will be blessed.

Contextual Overview

1 Praise ye the Lord . Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord , that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 25:13, Psalms 37:26, Psalms 102:28, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 22:18, Proverbs 20:7, Jeremiah 32:39, Acts 2:39

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:15 - General Genesis 26:5 - General Numbers 7:62 - General Deuteronomy 12:25 - that it 2 Kings 4:1 - thy servant did fear Ezra 9:12 - and leave it Job 5:25 - thy seed Psalms 7:10 - which Psalms 14:5 - the generation Psalms 37:25 - nor his seed Psalms 64:10 - upright Proverbs 11:21 - the seed Proverbs 13:22 - leaveth Proverbs 14:11 - the tabernacle Acts 11:14 - all

Gill's Notes on the Bible

His seed shall be mighty upon earth,.... The Targum is,

"mighty in the law;''

as Apollos is said to be "mighty in the Scriptures", Acts 18:24. This must be understood of such of them as fear the Lord also, and love him, and delight in his commandments, according to Exodus 20:6 and not in a literal sense, for not many mighty are called; but in a spiritual sense, of their being strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, and in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Some understand this of the spiritual seed of Christ; and make him to be the man that feared the Lord, and greatly delighted in his commandments, as it is certain he did; he was heard in that he feared; and it was his meat and drink to do the will of him that sent him. He has a spiritual seed; and these are mighty in the sense before given; and as they will be in the latter day, when the feeble among them shall be as David, and the house of David as God, as the Angel of the Lord; when the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the saints, and, being kings and priests, they shall reign with Christ on earth. Aben Ezra thinks the note of similitude "as" is wanting, and supplies it thus, "his seed shall be as a mighty man on earth"; be known, as he is in his generation.

The generation of the upright shall be blessed; the seed of them, as before, who are the upright in heart and conversation: or the age in which upright men live is happy on their account; or a succession of upright persons: or rather a company of them dwelling together, at the same time, and in the same place; the same with the generation of them that seek the Lord, Psalms 24:6, these are blessed with spiritual and eternal blessings.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His seed shall be mighty upon earth - His children; his posterity. That is, they shall be prospered; honored; distinguished among people: distinguished for their virtues, for their influence, for their success in life. This refers to what was regarded among the Hebrews as an object of great desire, and is in accordance with the promises everywhere found in their Scriptures. See Psalms 25:13, note; Psalms 37:25-26, notes. Compare Genesis 12:2; Genesis 17:6; Exodus 20:6. It is in accordance, also, with a general fact in the course of events. The best security for the virtue and success of children is the virtue and the piety of parents; the surest inheritance as pertaining to happiness, respectability, and usefulness in life, is that which is derived from the example, the prayers, the counsel of a pious father and mother.

The generation of the upright shall be blessed - The family; the children. Such promises are to be expected to be fulfilled in general; it is not required by any proper rules of interpreting language that this should be universally and always true.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 112:2. His seed shall be mighty — זרעו zaro, his posterity. So the word should always be understood in this connection.


 
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