Psalm 128:2 {127:2}
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For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

thou shalt eat

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

Deuteronomy 28:4,11,39,41 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep. . . .

Judges 6:3-6 And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up: . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:18,19 This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion. . . .

Isaiah 62:8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured.

Isaiah 65:13,21-23 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty. . . .

and it shall

Ecclesiastes 8:12 But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.

Isaiah 3:10 Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou comparest thyself to the cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and it was then well with him?

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable: always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Ephesians 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth.

Context
Blessed Are All who Walk in His Ways
1A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. 2For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.3Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.…
Cross References
Ephesians 6:3
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth.

Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

Psalm 109:11
May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.

Psalm 127:5
Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

Ecclesiastes 8:12
But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.

Isaiah 3:10
Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 22:15
Shalt thou reign, because thou comparest thyself to the cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and it was then well with him?

Haggai 2:17
I struck you with a blasting wind, and all the works of your hand with the mildew and with hail, yet there was none among you that returned to me, saith the Lord.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

when you eat
תֹאכֵ֑ל (ṯō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

the fruit
כַּ֭פֶּיךָ (kap·pe·ḵā)
Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

of your labor,
יְגִ֣יעַ (yə·ḡî·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3018: Toil, a work, produce, property

blessings
אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ (’aš·re·ḵā)
Interjection | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 835: Happiness, interjection, how happy!

and prosperity
וְט֣וֹב (wə·ṭō·wḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

will be yours.
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

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

Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

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

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

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

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

The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy art thou, and good is to thee.
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