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Psalm 128:3
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 128:3
New Catholic Bible
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine[a]
within your house;
your sons will be like shoots of an olive tree
around your table.
Footnotes
- Psalm 128:3 The imagery of vine and olive shoots recalls the times of David and Solomon (see 1 Ki 4:25) and the blessing associated with the Messianic Age (see Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10). To sit under one’s vine and fig tree symbolized tranquillity, peace, and prosperity. The metaphor of the vine indicates that the wife will be not only fruitful but also everything that a wife should be for the good of the family (see Prov 31:10-31). The children (shoots of an olive tree) will be strong and later on continue the father’s work (see Ps 52:10; Jer 11:16; Hos 14:6).
Psalm 128:3
New International Version
Psalm 128:3
New International Version
Psalm 128:3
New King James Version
Psalm 128:3
New King James Version
3 Your wife shall be (A)like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your (B)children (C)like olive plants
All around your table.
Psalm 128:3
English Standard Version
Psalm 128:3
English Standard Version
3 Your wife will be like (A)a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like (B)olive shoots
around your table.
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English Standard Version (ESV) 
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