Psalm 23:2 “He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet water…”

Psalm 23:2

He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

World English Bible

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

American Standard Version

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.

Geneva Bible 1599

He maketh me to rest in greene pasture, and leadeth me by the still waters.

Darby Translation

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.

Young's Literal Translation

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

Bible in Basic English

He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“maketh”

Isaiah 30:23 Ezekiel 34:13 Ezekiel 34:14

Isaiah 30:23 · BSB

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Ezekiel 34:13 · BSB

I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

Ezekiel 34:14 · BSB

I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

“leadeth”

Revelation 7:17 Revelation 22:1 Psalm 46:4 Revelation 21:6 Revelation 22:17 Isaiah 49:9

Revelation 7:17 · BSB

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ”

Revelation 22:1 · BSB

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Psalm 46:4 · BSB

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Revelation 21:6 · BSB

And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 22:17 · BSB

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

Isaiah 49:9 · BSB

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

“still waters”

Job 34:29 Isaiah 8:6

Job 34:29 · BSB

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

Isaiah 8:6 · BSB

“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

Read Psalm 23