Psalm 127:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Children are an inheritance from the LORD. They are a reward from him.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and 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.

BBE:

See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

DBY:

Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.

ERV:

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

JPS:

Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

YLT:

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

Psalm 127:3 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 33:5 He lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, "Who are these with you?" So he said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

Genesis 48:4 and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.'

Deuteronomy 7:13 "He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.

Deuteronomy 28:4 "Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

Joshua 24:3 'Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

Joshua 24:4 'To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau, and to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Psalm 113:9 He makes the barren woman abide in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!

Isaiah 13:18 And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

127:3 Children - The chief of these blessings. Heritage - Only from God's blessing, even as an inheritance is not the fruit of a man's own labour, but the gift of God.

MHC:

127:1-5 The value of the Divine blessing. - Let us always look to God's providence. In all the affairs and business of a family we must depend upon his blessing. 1. For raising a family. If God be not acknowledged, we have no reason to expect his blessing; and the best-laid plans fail, unless he crowns them with success. 2. For the safety of a family or a city. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen, though they neither slumber nor sleep, wake but in vain; mischief may break out, which even early discoveries may not be able to prevent. 3. For enriching a family. Some are so eager upon the world, that they are continually full of care, which makes their comforts bitter, and their lives a burden. All this is to get money; but all in vain, except God prosper them: while those who love the Lord, using due diligence in their lawful callings, and casting all their care upon him, have needful success, without uneasiness or vexation. Our care must be to keep ourselves in the love of God; then we may be easy, whether we have little or much of this world. But we must use the proper means very diligently. Children are God's gifts, a heritage, and a reward; and are to be accounted blessings, and not burdens: he who sends mouths, will send meat, if we trust in him. They are a great support and defence to a family. Children who are young, may be directed aright to the mark, God's glory, and the service of their generation; but when they are gone into the world, they are arrows out of the hand, it is too late to direct them then. But these arrows in the hand too often prove arrows in the heart, a grief to godly parents. Yet, if trained according to God's word, they generally prove the best defence in declining years, remembering their obligations to their parents, and taking care of them in old age. All earthly comforts are uncertain, but the Lord will assuredly comfort and bless those who serve him; and those who seek the conversion of sinners, will find that their spiritual children are their joy and crown in the day of Jesus Christ.

CONC:

Behold Body Fruit Gift Heritage Inheritance Reward Sons Womb

Body Children Fruit Gift Heritage Inheritance Reward Womb

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