King James Version

Psalms 23:2

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

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בִּנְא֣וֹתbinotin pastureנָאָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in pasture”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4999a home; figuratively, a pasturehabitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.דֶּ֭שֶׁאdeshegrassדֶּשֶׁאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH1877a sprout; by analogy, grass(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִיyarbitsenicrouchרָבַץverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “crouch”, an unfinished actionH7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbedcrouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מֵ֖יmewaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מְנֻח֣וֹתmenuchotcomfortableמְנוּחָהnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “comfortable”, the ordinary formH4496repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abodecomfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.יְנַהֲלֵֽנִיyenahalenicarryנָהַלverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “carry”, an unfinished actionH5095properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustaincarry, feed, guide, lead (gently, on).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰς τόπον χλόης ἐκεῖ με κατεσκήνωσεν· ἐπὶ ὕδατος ἀναπαύσεως ἐξέθρεψέ με·