Berean Standard Bible

“For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.”

Psalms 128:2

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Psalm 128 is a pilgrim song about the blessing of the person who fears the LORD and walks in his ways. It describes a home with fruitful work, a family around the table and a long life.

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Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Ecclesiastes 5:18Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
2 Thessalonians 3:10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

World English Bible (WEB)

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

King James Version (KJV)

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Cuando comieres el trabajo de tus manos, bienaventurado tú, y tendrás bien.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Disfrutarás el fruto de tu trabajo; gozarás de dicha y prosperidad.

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Psalms 128:2

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