What Does Psalm 92:14 Mean in the King James?

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Psalm 92:14 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The verse places fruitfulness, abundance, and freshness inside old age, making age a season of yield rather than an end to it.

THE MEANING

Those planted in the LORD’s house still bear fruit in old age; their years do not cancel their capacity to yield. The image holds maturity and vitality together: they remain abundant and green.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

This undoes the belief that meaningful fruitfulness belongs only to youth.

THE ROOT

יְנוּבוּן

yənûḇûn

GROWS FROM

נ־ו־ב

n-w-b

to sprout, yield, or produce

The verb rendered “bring forth fruit” is a word for yielding or producing. Its related noun ⁨נִיב⁩ (nîv), meaning “utterance” or “fruit,” can describe what lips produce too: the language connects the fruit of a life with what it gives voice to.

ALSO GROWS

nîv: utterance; “fruit” of the lips

נִיב

Isaiah 57:19 uses this word for the fruit of the lips, extending the root’s image of produce from a tree to speech.

yānûḇ: yields or brings forth

יָנוּב

Proverbs 10:31 uses this form for what the lips of the righteous bring forth, showing that yielding can describe wisdom as well as fruit.

דְּשֵׁנִים

dəšēnîm

GROWS FROM

ד־ש־ן

d-sh-n

to be fat, rich, or luxuriant

The word translated “fat” carries the sense of richness and abundance. Beside fruit and greenness, it portrays old age as still well supplied with vitality.

ALSO GROWS

dešen: fatness; abundance

דֶּשֶׁן

Psalm 36:8 speaks of the “fatness” of God’s house, using the same root for rich provision.

təduššān: is made fat or enriched

תְּדֻשָּׁן

Proverbs 13:4 uses this form for the soul of the diligent being made fat, echoing the verse’s image of a life still flourishing.

THE PATTERN

A life rooted in God continues to yield fruit through changing seasons.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 1:3 · KJVThe planted tree keeps bearing fruit in its season, just as those in Psalm 92 remain fruitful in old age.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Jeremiah 17:8 · KJVEven heat and drought do not end the rooted tree’s fruitfulness, showing that vitality can persist through difficult seasons.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

John 15:5 · KJVThe vine’s branches bear fruit through their connection to the vine, matching the verse’s picture of life that stays fruitful through rootedness.

THE THREAD

Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Psalm 92:13 · KJV

This verse names the planting beneath the fruit: those flourishing in old age are rooted in the LORD’s house. Verse 14 shows what that rooted life yields over time: fruit, abundance, and freshness.

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