Parallel Verses
Amplified
Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb a reward.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Holman Bible
children, a reward.
International Standard Version
Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD's reward.
A Conservative Version
Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, [and] the fruit of the womb is [a] reward.
American Standard Version
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Darby Translation
Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, sons are the inheritance of Jehovah: the reward of the fruit of the womb.
King James 2000
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Modern King James verseion
Lo, children are the inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD.
NET Bible
Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:
Webster
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
World English Bible
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.
Themes
Children » Are a gift from God
Children » An heritage from the lord
Topics
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 127:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Blessing Of The Lord
2
It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.
Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 33:5
Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So Jacob replied, “They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
Deuteronomy 28:4
“The
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
Genesis 48:4
and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a great company of people, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
Joshua 24:3-4
Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the [Euphrates] River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and I gave him Isaac.
Genesis 15:4-5
Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man [Eliezer] will not be your heir but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir.”
Genesis 24:60
They blessed Rebekah and said to her,
Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands,
And may your descendants possess (conquer)
The [city] gate of those who hate them.”
Genesis 30:1-2
When Rachel saw that she conceived no children for Jacob, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
Genesis 41:51-52
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (causing to forget), for he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and hardship and all [the sorrow of the loss of] my father’s household.”
1 Samuel 1:19-20
The family got up early the next morning, worshiped before the Lord, and returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her [prayer].
1 Samuel 1:27
For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my request which I asked of Him.
1 Samuel 2:20-21
Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she asked for which was dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would return to their own home.
1 Chronicles 28:5
Of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
Psalm 128:3-4
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
Within the innermost part of your house;
Your children will be like olive plants
Around your table.
Isaiah 8:18
Listen carefully, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are
Isaiah 13:18
Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon];
They will take no pity on the fruit of the womb,
Their eyes will not look with compassion on the children.