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Psalms Chapter 34 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 34:12

What man is he that desireth life, And loveth `many' days, that he may see good?
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BBE Psalms 34:12

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?
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DARBY Psalms 34:12

What man is he that desireth life, [and] loveth days, that he may see good?
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KJV Psalms 34:12

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
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WBT Psalms 34:12

Come, ye children, hearken to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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WEB Psalms 34:12

Who is someone who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good?
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YLT Psalms 34:12

Who `is' the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - What man is he that desireth life? Like most moralists, David begins with asking men - Do they wish for happiness? If so, and he assumes that it is so (comp. Arist., 'Eth. Nic.,' I. 1. - 7.), then he will point them out the way to it. And loveth many days, that he may see good? Mere life, mere length of days, would not suffice for men, would be no object of desire, unless it were assumed that the days would bring them "good" - in other words, that they would be happy days.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Desireth life.--Better, the man delighting in life. These gnomic sayings are echoes from the book of Proverbs. (See especially Proverbs 4:23.)