He is like a tree planted beside streams of water[a]
that bears its fruit in season[b](A)
and whose leaf does not wither.(B)
Whatever he does prospers.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:3 Or beside irrigation canals
  2. Psalm 1:3 Lit in its season

That person is like a tree(A) planted by streams(B) of water,(C)
    which yields its fruit(D) in season
and whose leaf(E) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(F)

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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house,
your sons, like young olive trees
around your table.(A)

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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine(A)
    within your house;
your children(B) will be like olive shoots(C)
    around your table.

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16 The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree,(A)
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed[a](B)
with a great roaring sound.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:16 Vg; MT reads broken

16 The Lord called you a thriving olive tree(A)
    with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
    he will set it on fire,(B)
    and its branches will be broken.(C)

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