Parallel Verses
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].
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.
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.
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
My eye has looked on my foes;
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.
The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].
Planted in the house of the Lord,
They will flourish in the courts of our God.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 52:8
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
Hosea 14:5-6
I shall be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalm 1:3
And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season;
Its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].
Psalm 104:16
The trees of the Lord drink their fill,
The cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,
Numbers 24:6
“Like valleys that stretch out,
Like gardens beside the river,
Like aloes planted by the Lord,
Like cedars beside the waters.
1 Kings 4:33
He spoke of trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon to the hyssop [vine] that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and fish.
1 Kings 6:29
He carved all the walls of the house all around with carved engravings of cherubim, palm-shaped decorations, and open flowers, [both] the inner and the outer sanctuaries.
Psalm 72:7
In his days may the righteous flourish,
And peace abound until the moon is no more.
Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Psalm 148:9
Mountains and all hills;
Fruitful trees and all cedars;
Isaiah 55:13
“Instead of the thorn bush the cypress tree will grow,
And instead of the nettle the myrtle tree will grow;
And it will be a memorial to the Lord,
For an everlasting sign [of His mercy] which will not be cut off.”
Isaiah 65:22
“They will not build and another occupy;
They will not plant and another eat [the fruit].
For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen [people] will fully enjoy [and long make use of] the work of their hands.
Jeremiah 17:8
“For he will be [nourished] like a tree planted by the waters,
That spreads out its roots by the river;
And will not fear the heat when it comes;
But its leaves will be green and moist.
And it will not be anxious and concerned in a year of drought
Nor stop bearing fruit.
Amos 2:9
“Yet it was I [not the false gods] who destroyed the Amorite before them,
Though his height was like the height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.