Psalm 127:3 “Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the wom…”

Psalm 127:3

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“children”

Deuteronomy 28:4 1 Samuel 1:27 Genesis 48:4 Genesis 33:5 Isaiah 8:18 Genesis 1:28

Deuteronomy 28:4 · BSB

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

1 Samuel 1:27 · BSB

I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

Genesis 48:4 · BSB

and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

Genesis 33:5 · BSB

When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

Isaiah 8:18 · BSB

Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Genesis 1:28 · BSB

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Also

Isaiah 13:18

Isaiah 13:18 · BSB

Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.

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