Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his 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.
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 King James verseion
Lo, children are the inheritance of Jehovah; 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 take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For'so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 33:5
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 48:4
and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee 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 unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; But he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.
Genesis 30:1-2
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Genesis 41:51-52
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For,'said he , God hath 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 worshipped 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 child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
1 Samuel 2:20-21
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.
1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
Psalm 128:3-4
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
Isaiah 8:18
Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
Isaiah 13:18
And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.