11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Psalm 23:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
- KJV King James Version
- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- You arrange a table before me, || In front of my adversaries, || You have anointed my head with oil, || My cup is full!
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You prepare a banquet for me before my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with olive oil. My cup is so full it overflows!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 22:5 in this edition
- Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְ | ta·‘ă·rōḵ | You prepare | H6186 עָרַךְ to arrange |
| לְפָנַ֨י׀ | lə·p̄ā·nay | before me | H6440 פָּנֶה face: before |
| שֻׁלְחָ֗ן | šul·ḥān | a table | H7979 שֻׁלְחָן table |
| נֶ֥גֶד | ne·ḡeḏ | in the presence of | H5048 נֶ֫גֶד before |
| צֹרְרָ֑י | ṣō·rə·rāy | my enemies | H6887 צָרַר to confine |
| דִּשַּׁ֖נְתָּ | diš·šan·tā | You anoint | H1878 דָּשֵׁן to prosper |
| בַשֶּׁ֥מֶן | ḇaš·še·men | with oil | H8081 שֶׁ֫מֶן oil |
| רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י | rō·šî | my head | H7218 רֹאשׁ head |
| כּוֹסִ֥י | kō·w·sî | my cup | H3563 כּוֹס cup |
| רְוָיָֽה׃ | rə·wā·yāh | overflows | H7310 רְוָיָה abundance |
Related verses
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
- Psalm 92:10
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
- Psalm 45:7
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
- Psalm 16:5
Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- 1 John 2:20
You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
- Psalm 31:19–20
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men! In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
- Job 36:16
Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
- 1 John 2:27
As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
- 2 Corinthians 1:21
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
- Isaiah 25:6
In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.
Read all of Psalm 23 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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