Psalm 129:8 {128:8}
Good News Translation
No one who passes by will say, "May the LORD bless you! We bless you in the name of the LORD."

New Revised Standard Version
while those who pass by do not say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!”

Contemporary English Version
And don't let anyone who passes by say to them, "The LORD bless you! I give you my blessing in the name of the LORD."

New American Bible
And with none passing by to call out: “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

the blessing

Ruth 2:4 And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

Context
The Cords of the Wicked
7Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom. 8And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
Cross References
Ruth 2:4
And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

Psalm 118:26
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

Psalm 129:7
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