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


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.

5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.

Psalm 127:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

127:3Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

127:3Sons are a heritage from the Lord , children a reward from him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

127:3behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

127:3Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

127:3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

127:3Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

127:3Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

127:3See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.