11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 37:3
Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
Psalm 37:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
- KJV King James Version
- Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Trust in YHWH, and do good, || Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Trust in the Lord, and do good. Live in the land and feed on faithfulness.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 36:3 in this edition
- Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּטַ֣ח | bə·ṭaḥ | Trust | H982 בָּטַח to trust |
| בַּֽ֭יהוָה | Yah·weh | in the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| וַעֲשֵׂה־ | wa·‘ă·śêh- | and do | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| ט֑וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | good | H2896 טוֹב pleasant |
| שְׁכָן־ | šə·ḵān- | dwell | H7931 שָׁכַן to dwell |
| אֶ֝֗רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | in the land | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| וּרְעֵ֥ה | ū·rə·‘êh | and cultivate | H7462 |
| אֱמוּנָֽה׃ | ’ĕ·mū·nāh | faithfulness | H530 אֱמוּנָה faithfulness |
Related verses
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh. For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green; and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
- Matthew 6:31–33
“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57–58
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- Psalm 34:9–10
Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
- Luke 22:35
He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
- Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.
- Hebrews 6:10–12
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them. We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
- Deuteronomy 30:20
to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
- Psalm 26:1
Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
Read all of Psalm 37 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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