Psalm 34:12
Strong's Lexicon
Who
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: 1) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

is the man
הָ֭אִישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)

who delights in
הֶחָפֵ֣ץ (he·ḥā·p̄êṣ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2655: 1) desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in

life,
חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

who desires
אֹהֵ֥ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like

to see [many]
לִרְא֥וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

good
טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

days ?
יָ֝מִ֗ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

Young's Literal Translation
Who [is] the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who is the man who delights in life, loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

New American Standard Bible
Who is the man who desires life And loves [length of] days that he may see good?

King James Bible
What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,

New Living Translation
Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous?

English Standard Version
What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?

New American Standard Bible
Who is the man who desires life And loves length of days that he may see good?

King James Bible
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who is the man who delights in life, loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

International Standard Version
Who among you desires life, and wants long life in order to see good?

NET Bible
Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

American Standard Version
What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good?

English Revised Version
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Young's Literal Translation
Who is the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?
















Cross References
1 Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Ecclesiastes 3:13
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Isaiah 65:20
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psalm 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Psalm 34:9
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Psalm 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psalm 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
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