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Psalms 127:3

Parents and childrenGratitude

1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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BSB
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
KJV
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
WEB
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
ASV
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
DARBY
Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward.
BLB
Behold, an inheritance of YHWH [are] sons, a reward [is] the fruit of the womb.
ÅB
Se, barn er Herrens gave, livsfrukt er en lønn.
OTB
Se, barn er en gave fra Herren,
Livets frukt er en nådig belønning.
B1930
Se, barn er Herrens gave, livsfrukt er en lønn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 128:3–4

    Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:4

    Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:27

    For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

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  • Genesis 48:4

    And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

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  • Genesis 33:5

    And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

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  • Isaiah 8:18

    Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

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  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:19–20

    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

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