American Standard Version
Psalms 127:5
5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:They shall not be put to shame,When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Psalms 127:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
Context of Psalms 127:5
3Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. 4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
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אַשְׁרֵ֤י הַגֶּ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּ֥א אֶת־אַשְׁפָּת֗וֹ מֵ֫הֶ֥ם לֹֽא־יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ כִּֽי־יְדַבְּר֖וּ אֶת־אוֹיְבִ֣ים בַּשָּֽׁעַר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 127:5
- Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees.
- Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
- Job 42:12So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
- Job 5:4His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
- Proverbs 27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
- Psalms 18:47Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
Commentaries on Psalms 127:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them - This is generally supposed to mean his house full of children, as his quiver if full of arrows; but I submit whether it be not more congenial to the metaphors in the text to consider it as applying to the wife: "Happy is the man who has a breeding or fruitful wife;" this is the gravida sagittis pharetra "the quiver pregnant with arrows." But it may be thought the metaphor is not natural. I think…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Happy is the man - Hebrew, The happiness of the man. See the notes at Psalm 1:1. That hath his quiver full of them - The quiver is a case in which arrows are carried; and as a man - a hunter or warrior - feels secure when he has his quiver full of arrows, so a man is blessed in proportion to the number of his sons. This is in accordance with the idea often presented in the Bible, and the promise often made there of a numerous posterity as a proof of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Like arrows: The image compares children to arrows in a warrior’s hand. Children strengthen and support the family and help defend its honor when others accuse or oppose them (compare Psalms 120:4; 7:12–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. Posterity is often represented as a blessing from God (Ge 30:2, 18; 1Sa 1:19, 20). Children are represented as the defenders (arrows) of their parents in war, and in litigation.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 127
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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