Psalms 113:9
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- KJV
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
- WEB
- He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!
- ASV
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah. Psalm 114
- DARBY
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [as] a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah!
- BLB
- settling in a home the barren woman, joyful like a mother of sons. Praise YAH!
- ÅB
- han som lar den ufruktbare hustru bo som glad barnemor! Halleluja!
- OTB
- Han gir den barnløse kvinnen et hjem
Som en glad mor til barn.
Pris Herren! - B1930
- han som lar den ufruktbare hustru bo som glad barnemor! Halleluja!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 68:6
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Read in contextGenesis 21:5–7
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Read in contextGenesis 30:22–23
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Read in contextLuke 1:13–15
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Read in contextGenesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Read in contextGalatians 4:27
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
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