Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Lo, children are the inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Holman Bible
children, a reward.
International Standard Version
Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD's reward.
A Conservative Version
Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, [and] the fruit of the womb is [a] reward.
American Standard Version
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Amplified
Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb a reward.
Darby Translation
Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, sons are the inheritance of Jehovah: the reward of the fruit of the womb.
King James 2000
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD.
NET Bible
Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:
Webster
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
World English Bible
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.
Themes
Children » Are a gift from God
Children » An heritage from the lord
Topics
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 127:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Blessing Of The Lord
2 It 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. 3 Lo, children are the inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of the young.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 33:5
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the boys, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The boys with whom God has favored your servant.
Deuteronomy 28:4
The fruit of your body shall be blessed, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it. And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.
Genesis 48:4
And He said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you. And I will make of you a multitude of people, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.
Joshua 24:3-4
And I took your father Abraham from Beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.
Genesis 15:4-5
And behold, the Word of Jehovah came to him saying, This one shall not be your heir. But he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, be the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
Genesis 30:1-2
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.
Genesis 41:51-52
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh, saying, For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.
1 Samuel 1:19-20
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Jehovah remembered her.
1 Samuel 1:27
For this boy I was praying, and Jehovah has given me my petition which I asked of Him.
1 Samuel 2:20-21
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May Jehovah give you seed of this woman for the loan which is loaned to Jehovah. And they went to their own home.
1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for Jehovah has given me many sons), He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
Psalm 128:3-4
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your sons shall be like olive plants around your table.
Isaiah 8:18
Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of Hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
Isaiah 13:18
And bows shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not pity sons.