Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

In vain for you rising early to arise from after sitting; eating the bread of toils: so will he give to his beloved sleep.

New American Standard Bible

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

International Standard Version

It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor truly he gives sleep to those he loves.

A Conservative Version

It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of toil, [for] so he gives sleep to his beloved.

American Standard Version

It 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.

Amplified


It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.

Darby Translation

It 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.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[It is] in vain for you who rise early [and] sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil, [when] thus he provides for his beloved in [his] sleep.

Modern King James verseion

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

It is but lost labour that ye rise up early, and take no rest, but eat the bread of carefulness; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

NET Bible

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

New Heart English Bible

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.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

Images Psalm 127:2

Prayers for Psalm 127:2

Context Readings

The Blessing Of The Lord

1 Song of ascensions to Solomon. If Jehovah shall not build the house, they building it, in it labored in vain. If Jehovah shall not watch the city, he watching, watched in vain. 2 In vain for you rising early to arise from after sitting; eating the bread of toils: so will he give to his beloved sleep. 3 Behold, sons are the inheritance of Jehovah: the reward of the fruit of the womb.


Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the servant is sweet, if little, or if much he shall eat: and the satiety to the rich not permitting to him to sleep.

Genesis 3:17-19

And to Adam he said, Because thou didst listen to the voice of thy wife, and thou wilt eat from the tree which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat from it; cursed the earth for thy sake; in labor shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Job 11:18

And thou didst trust, for there is hope; and thou didst search out; thou shalt lie down confidently.

Psalm 3:5

I lay down and I, shall sleep; I awaked: for Jehovah will uphold me.

Psalm 4:8

In peace together shall I lie down, and I shall sleep: for thou Jehovah alone wilt cause me to dwell confidently.

Psalm 39:5-6

Behold, thou gavest my days a hand-breadth, and my life as nothing before thee: but every man stood all vanity. Silence.

Psalm 60:5

So that thy beloved ones shall be delivered, save with thy right hand and answer us.

Proverbs 31:15-18

She will rise while yet night, and she will give food to her house, and a portion to her girls.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I saw all the works they did under the sun; and behold, all vanity and striving of the spirit

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

I Said in my heart, Go now, I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou upon good: and behold, this also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:20-23

And I turned about to let my heart despair for all the labor I labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, and not a second; also a son and brother not to him: and no end to all his labor; also his eye shall not be satisfied with riches: and for whom do I labor and diminish my soul from good? Also this is vanity, and it is an evil labor.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man for his mouth, and also the soul shall not be filled.

Jeremiah 31:26

Upon this I awoke, and I shall see; and my sleep sweet to me

Ezekiel 34:25

And I cut out to them a covenant of peace, and I caused the evil beast to cease from the land: and they dwelt with confidence in the desert, and they slept in the forests.

Acts 12:5-6

Truly therefore was Peter kept in prison: and prayer was made continually by the church to God for him.

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