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Psalms 23:2

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בִּנְא֣וֹתbin.'otin pastures ofH4999 →
דֶּ֭שֶׁאDe.she'grassH1877 →
יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִיyar.bi.Tze.nihe makes lie down meH7257 →
עַל־'al-atH5921 →
מֵ֖יmeiwaters ofH4325 →
מְנֻח֣וֹתme.nu.Chotrest<s>H4496 →
יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃ye.na.ha.Le.nihe leads meH5095 →

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Revelation 7:17For 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.’”Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the LambEzekiel 34:13–14I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.Revelation 21:6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.Isaiah 49:9–10to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.Isaiah 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,Genesis 29:2He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”Jeremiah 50:6My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”Isaiah 8:6“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

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