Psalm 23:2

Psalm 23:2

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

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

b. YLT: In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

c. Amplified Bible Classic: He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.

d. Septuagint [Psalm 23:2 in our Bible is Psalm 22:2 in the Septuagint]: In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: In lush meadows He lays me down, beside tranquil waters He leads me.

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

a. [He maketh me to] lie down [Strong: 7257 râbats, raw-bats'; a primitive root; to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed:—crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.]

b. [in]green [Strong: 1877 desheʼ, deh'-sheh; from H1876; a sprout; by analogy, grass:—(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.]

c. pastures [Strong: 4999 nâʼâh, naw-aw'; from H4998; a home; figuratively, a pasture:—habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.]

d. [he] leadeth [me] [Strong: 5095 nâhal, naw-hal'; a primitive root; properly, to run with a sparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain:—carry, feed, guide, lead (gently, on).]

1). The LORD is our shepherd.

a). John 10:1-17 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

e. beside [Strong: 5921 `al al properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.]

f. [the] still [Strong: 4496 mᵉnûwchâh, men-oo-khaw'; or מְנֻחָה mᵉnuchâh; feminine of H4495; repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode:—comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.]

g. waters [Strong: 4325 mayim, mah'-yim; dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen:— piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).]