2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves.


In Context

1 Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves.

3 Sons are a heritage from the Lord , children a reward from him.

4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.

Psalms 127:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

127:2[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

127:2It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For'so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

127:2It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of toil: for so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

127:2It is vain for you to rise early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

127:2Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep.