Psalm 23:2
New International Version
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

New Living Translation
He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.

English Standard Version
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Berean Standard Bible
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

King James Bible
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

New King James Version
He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.

New American Standard Bible
He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

NASB 1995
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

NASB 1977
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Legacy Standard Bible
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Amplified Bible
He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.

Christian Standard Bible
He lets me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside quiet waters.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

American Standard Version
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He will make me lie upon lush pastures and he will lead me by restful waters.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest.

Contemporary English Version
You let me rest in fields of green grass. You lead me to streams of peaceful water,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment:

English Revised Version
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside peaceful waters.

Good News Translation
He lets me rest in fields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water.

International Standard Version
He causes me to lie down in pastures of green grass; he guides me beside quiet waters.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.

Literal Standard Version
He causes me to lie down in pastures of tender grass, | He leads me by quiet waters.

Majority Standard Bible
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

New American Bible
In green pastures he makes me lie down; to still waters he leads me;

NET Bible
He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

New Revised Standard Version
He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;

New Heart English Bible
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Webster's Bible Translation
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

World English Bible
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Young's Literal Translation
In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The LORD is My Shepherd
1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.…

Cross References
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. 'He will lead them to springs of living water,' and 'God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'"

Psalm 36:8
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

Psalm 46:4
There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Psalm 65:11
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

Psalm 139:10
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

Isaiah 49:10
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.

maketh

Isaiah 30:23
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

Ezekiel 34:13,14
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country…

green pastures [heb.

Psalm 46:4
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

Isaiah 49:9,10
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places…

Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

still waters [heb.

Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Isaiah 8:6
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

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Psalm 23
1. David's confidence in God's grace














(2) The verbs in these verses are not to be understood as futures, but as presents, describing the customary condition of the poet. "The psalmist describes himself as one of Jehovah's flock, safe under His care, absolved from all anxieties by the sense of this protection, and gaining from this confidence of safety the leisure to enjoy, without satiety, all the simple pleasures which make up life--the freshness of the meadow, the coolness of the stream. It is the most complete picture of happiness that ever was or can be drawn. It represents that state of mind for which all alike sigh, and the want of which makes life a failure to most; it represents that heaven which is everywhere if we could but enter it, and yet almost nowhere because so few of us can" (Ecce Homo, 5, 6).

Verse 2. - He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; literally, in grassy homesteads - " the richer, oasis-like spots, where a homestead would be fixed in a barren tract of land" (Kay). He leadeth me beside the still waters; rather, waters of refreshment; ἐπὶ υ{δατος ἀναπαύσεως (LXX.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He makes me lie down
יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִי (yar·bî·ṣê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed

in green
דֶּ֭שֶׁא (de·še)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1877: A sprout, grass

pastures;
בִּנְא֣וֹת (bin·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4999: Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place

He leads
יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃ (yə·na·hă·lê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5095: To lead or guide to a watering place, bring to a place of rest, refresh

me beside
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

quiet
מְנֻח֣וֹת (mə·nu·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4496: Repose, peacefully, consolation, an abode

waters.
מֵ֖י (mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


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