Psalm 127:2 | |
NASB: It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved [even in his] sleep. (NASB ©1995) GWT: It is useless to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. The LORD gives [food] to those he loves while they sleep. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. ASV: It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For'so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. BBE: It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep. DBY: It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep. JPS: It is vain for you that ye rise early, and sit up late, ye that eat the bread of toil; so He giveth unto His beloved in sleep. WBS: It is vain for you to rise early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. WEB: It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones. YLT: Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep. | |
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