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.


In Context

1 Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

2 It 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.

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

4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves.

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 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.