Parallel Verses

King James 2000

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

New American Standard Bible

“They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord,
And their descendants with them.

King James Version

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Holman Bible

They will not labor without success
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.

International Standard Version

They won't toil in vain nor bear children doomed to misfortune, for they will be offspring blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.

A Conservative Version

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity. For they are the seed of the blessed of LORD, and their offspring with them.

American Standard Version

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

Amplified


“They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for disaster;
For they are the descendants of those blessed by the Lord,
And their offspring with them.

Bible in Basic English

Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.

Darby Translation

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

Julia Smith Translation

They shall not labor in vain, and they shall not bring forth for terror; for they the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They shall not labor for nothing, and they shall not give birth to horror, for they {shall be offspring blessed by} Yahweh, and their descendants with them.

Modern King James verseion

They will not labor in vain, nor bring forth for terror. For they are the seed of the beloved of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My chosen shall live long, they shall not labour in vain, nor beget with trouble: for they are the high, blessed seed of the LORD, and their fruits with them.

NET Bible

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

New Heart English Bible

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

The Emphasized Bible

They shall not labour in vain, Nor have children for terror, - For the seed of the blessed ones of Yahweh, shall they be, And their offspring, with them.

Webster

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

World English Bible

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.

Youngs Literal Translation

They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah are they, And their offspring with them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 26

in vain
ריק 
Riyq 
Usage: 12

בּהלה 
Behalah 
Usage: 4

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

of the blessed
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

of the Lord

Usage: 0

צאצא 
Tse'etsa' 
Usage: 11

References

Fausets

Context Readings

New Creation

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23  They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Cross References

Isaiah 61:9

And their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the descendants whom the LORD has blessed.

Deuteronomy 28:3-12

Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Psalm 115:14-15

The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

Isaiah 49:4

Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my due justice is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

Jeremiah 32:38-39

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:

Genesis 17:7

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you, and to your descendants after you.

Leviticus 26:3-10

If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Leviticus 26:22

I will also send wild animals among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.

Leviticus 26:29

And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.

Deuteronomy 28:38-42

You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

Hosea 9:11-14

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Haggai 2:19

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, have not brought forth: but from this day will I bless you.

Zechariah 10:8-9

I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they once increased.

Malachi 3:10

Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Acts 3:25-26

You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Romans 4:16

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but to those also who are of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

Romans 9:7-8

Neither, because they are the descendants of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 3:29

And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to the promise.

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