Psalm 92:12 “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in…”

Psalm 92:12

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Geneva Bible 1599

The righteous shall flourish like a palme tree, and 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.

Young's Literal Translation

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

Bible in Basic English

The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.

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Cross references

“righteous”

Psalm 52:8 Isaiah 65:22 Isaiah 55:13 Psalm 92:7 Hosea 14:5 Hosea 14:6

Psalm 52:8 · BSB

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

Isaiah 65:22 · BSB

No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

Isaiah 55:13 · BSB

Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Psalm 92:7 · BSB

that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Hosea 14:5 · BSB

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:6 · BSB

His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

“cedar”

Psalm 104:16 Amos 2:9 Psalm 148:9

Psalm 104:16 · BSB

The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

Amos 2:9 · BSB

Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

Psalm 148:9 · BSB

mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

Also

Jeremiah 17:8 Psalm 1:3 Numbers 24:6 Psalm 72:7 1 Kings 6:29 1 Kings 4:33

Jeremiah 17:8 · BSB

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to prod…

Psalm 1:3 · BSB

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Numbers 24:6 · BSB

They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.

Psalm 72:7 · BSB

May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.

1 Kings 6:29 · BSB

Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

1 Kings 4:33 · BSB

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

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

In context

11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

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