Why Do You Boast of Evil?
Psalms 52:8
In 11 translations
- 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.
- KJV
- But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- WEB
- But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
- ASV
- But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.
- LSV
- And I, as a green olive in the house of God, || I have trusted in the kindness of God, || For all time and forever,
- YLT
- And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
- DBY
- But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.ElohimElohim
- DRC51:10
- But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.
- GNV
- But I shall bee like a greene oliue tree in the house of God: for I trusted in the mercie of God for euer and euer.
- JPS52:10
- But as for me, I am like a leafy olive-tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- LXXE51:10
- But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.
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Original-language editions
- WLC52:10
- וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ כְּזַ֣יִת רַ֭עֲנָן בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּטַ֥חְתִּי בְחֶֽסֶד־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃KJV:Ps.52.8
- LXX-Br51:10
- Ἐγὼ δὲ ὡσεὶ ἐλαία κατάκαρπος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DoegDavidOlive-treeOlive-Tree, TheMercy; MercifulSaints, Compared toMercy of God, TheTrustColor; ColorsBlessing
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 92:12–14The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green…
- Hosea 14:6–8His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will…
- Psalms 1:3He 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.
- Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
- Jeremiah 11:16The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
- Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- Romans 11:24For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
- Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 52:10 in some Bibles
- 52:8 in most Bibles