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Psalms 127:3
3Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, offspring, a reward.
Psalms 127:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- New International Version (NIV)Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
Context of Psalms 127:3
1Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain. 2In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food — yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves. Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, offspring, a reward. 4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one’s youth. 5Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them. They will never be put to shame when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.
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הִנֵּ֤ה נַחֲלַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה בָּנִ֑ים שָׂ֝כָ֗ר פְּרִ֣י הַבָּֽטֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 127:3
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children, like young olive trees around your table.
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
- Genesis 15:4Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
- Genesis 24:60They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the city gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- Genesis 33:5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” He answered, “The children God has graciously given your servant.”
- Genesis 41:51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.”
- Genesis 48:4He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations come from you, and I will give this land as a permanent possession to your future descendants.’
- Deuteronomy 28:4Your offspring will be blessed, and your land’s produce, and the offspring of your livestock, including the young of your herds and the newborn of your flocks.
- Joshua 24:3But I took your father Abraham from the region beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
- 1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
- 1 Samuel 2:20Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she has given to the Lord.” Then they would go home.
- 1 Chronicles 28:5And out 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 Lord’s kingdom over Israel.
- Isaiah 8:18Here I am with the children the Lord has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion.
Commentaries on Psalms 127:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord - That is, To many God gives children in place of temporal good. To many others he gives houses, lands, and thousands of gold and silver, and with them the womb that beareth not; and these are their inheritance. The poor man has from God a number of children, without lands or money; these are his inheritance; and God shows himself their father, feeding and supporting them by a chain of miraculous providences. Where…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord - They are an inheritance derived from the Lord. They are bestowed by him as really as success is in building a house, or in guarding a city. The idea is, that everything which we value, or which we desire, is a gift from God, and is to be received as from him, and to be acknowledged as his gift. The general idea here, as in the previous verses, is that of entire dependence on God. And the fruit of the womb is his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Children are one of God’s blessings. In Hebrew, the word for children (banim) sounds like the word for builders (bonim; Psalm 127:1). This wordplay shows that having children helps build a family.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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