Psalms 25:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

His soule shall dwell at ease, and his seede shall inherite the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַ֭פְשׁוֹ בְּט֣וֹב תָּלִ֑ין וְ֝זַרְע֗וֹ יִ֣ירַשׁ אָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

nap̄šô bĕṭôḇ tālîn wĕzarʿô yîraš ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *nap̄šô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his soul'
• *bĕṭôḇ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - 'in good'
• *tālîn*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'it will lodge/dwell'
• *wĕzarʿô*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and his seed'
• *yîraš*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'it will inherit/possess'
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - 'land'

Word Meanings

• *nap̄šô*: his soul/his life/himself
• *ṭôḇ*: good/prosperity/well-being
• *tālîn*: will lodge/will abide/will dwell
• *zarʿô*: his seed/his offspring/his descendants
• *yîraš*: will inherit/will possess/will occupy
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:11 : 11 But meeke men shal possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
• Prov 1:33 : 33 But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.
• Prov 19:23 : 23 The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.
• Ps 69:36 : 36 The seede also of his seruants shal inherit it: and they that loue his name, shall dwel therein.
• Ps 112:2 : 2 His seede shall be mightie vpon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
• Prov 29:25 : 25 The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.
• Isa 65:23 : 23 They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth in feare: for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their buds with them.
• Ps 37:26 : 26 But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.
• Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meeke: for they shall inherite the earth.
• Matt 11:28-29 : 28 Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I will ease you. 29 Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
• Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.
• Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God shall fulfill all your necessities through his riches with glorie in Iesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.
• 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But wee looke for newe heauens, and a newe earth, according to his promes, wherein dwelleth righteousnesse.
• Ezek 34:25-28 : 25 And I will make with them a couenant of peace, and will cause the euil beastes to cease out of the land: and they shal dwel safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods. 26 And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, & there shalbe raine of blessing. 27 And the tree of the fielde shal yeeld her fruite, and the earth shall giue her fruite, and they shalbe safe in their land, and shal know that I am the Lord, when I haue broken the cordes of their yoke, & deliuered them out of the hands of those that serued themselues of them. 28 And they shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, neither shall the beastes of the land deuoure them, but they shal dwell safely and none shal make them afrayd.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 The Lord thy God in the middes of thee is mightie: hee will saue, hee will reioyce ouer thee with ioye: he will quiet himselfe in his loue: he will reioyce ouer thee with ioy.
• Zech 9:17 : 17 For howe great is his goodnesse! and howe great is his beautie! corne shall make the yong men cherefull, and newe wine the maides.
• Ps 37:29 : 29 The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein for euer.
• Ps 63:5 : 5 My soule shalbe satisfied, as with marowe and fatnesse, and my mouth shall praise thee with ioyfull lippes,
• Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.
• Gen 17:7-9 : 7 Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee. 8 And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God. 9 Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations. 10 This is my couenant which ye shall keepe betweene me & you, & thy seede after thee, Let euery man childe among you be circumcised:
• Deut 33:12 : 12 Of Beniamin he said, The beloued of the Lord shall dwell in safetie by him: the Lord shall couer him all the day long, and dwell betweene his shoulders.
• Deut 33:26-29 : 26 There is none like God, O righteous people, which rideth vpon the heauens for thine helpe, and on the cloudes in his glory. 27 The eternall God is thy refuge, and vnder his armes thou art for euer: hee shall cast out the enemie before thee, and will say, Destroy them. 28 Then Israel the fountaine of Iaakob shal dwell alone in safetie in a lande of wheat, & wine: also his heauens shal drop the dewe. 29 Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is like vnto thee, O people saued by the Lorde, the shielde of thine helpe, and which is the sword of thy glorie? therefore thine enemies shall bee in subiection to thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their hie places.
• Ps 31:19 : 19 Howe great is thy goodnesse, which thou hast layde vp for them, that feare thee! and done to them, that trust in thee, euen before the sonnes of men!
• Ps 36:8 : 8 They shall be satisfied with the fatnesse of thine house, and thou shalt giue them drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures.
• Isa 66:10-14 : 10 Reioyce ye with Ierusalem, and be gladde with her, all ye that loue her: reioyce for ioy with her, all ye that mourne for her, 11 That ye may sucke and be satisfied with the brestes of her consolation: that ye may milke out and be delited with ye brightnes of her glorie. 12 For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I will extend peace ouer her like a flood, and the glorie of the Gentiles like a flowing streame: then shall ye sucke, ye shall be borne vpon her sides, and be ioyfull vpon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Ierusalem. 14 And when ye see this, your hearts shall reioyce, and your bones shall flourish like an herbe: and the hand of the Lord shall be knowen among his seruants, and his indignation against his enemies.
• Jer 31:12-14 : 12 Therefore they shall come, and reioyce in the height of Zion, and shall runne to the bountifulnes of the Lord, euen for the wheat and for the wine, and for the oyle, and for the increase of sheepe, & bullocks: and their soule shalbe as a watered garden, and they shall haue no more sorow. 13 Then shall ye virgine reioyce in the dance, and the yong men and the old men together: for I wil turne their mourning into ioy, and wil comfort them, and giue them ioy for their sorowes. 14 And I wil replenish the soule of the Priests with fatnesse, and my people shalbe satisfied with my goodnesse, saith the Lord.
• Jer 32:39 : 39 And I wil giue them one heart and one way that they may feare me for euer for ye wealth of them, and of their children after them.
• Prov 20:7 : 7 He that walketh in his integritie, is iust: and blessed shall his children be after him.
• Ezek 33:24-26 : 24 Sonne of man, these that dwel in the desolate places of the land of Israel, talke and say, Abraham was but one, and hee possessed the lande: but we are many, therefore the lande shall be giuen vs in possession. 25 Wherefore say vnto them, Thus saieth the Lorde God, Ye eate with the blood, and lift vp your eyes towarde your idoles, and sheade blood: should ye then possesse the land? 26 Ye leane vpon your swordes: ye worke abomination, and yee defile euery one his neighbours wife: should ye then possesse the land?