Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, sons are the inheritance of Jehovah: the reward of the fruit of the womb.
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.
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 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. 4 As arrows in the hand of the strong one, so are sons of youth.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 33:5
And he will lift up his eyes and will see the women and the children, and he will say, To whom these to thee? And he will say, The children with whom God compassionated thy servant.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed the fruit of thy belly, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep.
Genesis 1:28
And God will praise them, and God will say to them, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing creeping upon the earth.
Genesis 48:4
And he will say to me, Behold, I making thee fruitful, and I multiplied thee, and I gave thee for an assembly of people; and I gave this land to thy seed after thee a possession forever.
Joshua 24:3-4
And I will take your father Abraham from beyond the river, and I will lead him into all the land of Canaan, and I will multiply his seed and I will give to him Isaak.
Genesis 15:4-5
And behold, the word of Jehovah was to him, saying, This shall not inherit thee, for truly he who shall come forth from thy bowels shall inherit thee.
Genesis 24:60
And they will bless Rebekah and will say to her, Thou our sister; be thou into thousands of ten thousands, and thy seed shall inherit the gate of his enemies.
Genesis 30:1-2
And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.
Genesis 41:51-52
And Joseph will call the name of the first-born, Manasseh; for God made me forget all my toils and all my father's house.
1 Samuel 1:19-20
And they will rise early in the morning and worship before Jehovah, and will turn back and will go to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah will know Hannah his wife, and Jehovah will remember her.
1 Samuel 1:27
For this boy I prayed, and Jehovah will give to me my asking which I asked of him.
1 Samuel 2:20-21
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah will set up to thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to Jehovah. And they went to his place.
1 Chronicles 28:5
And from all my sons (for Jehovah gave to me many sons) and he will choose in Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel
Psalm 128:3-4
Thy wife as a vine bearing fruit in the sides of thy house: thy sons as plants of olives round about thy table.
Isaiah 8:18
Behold me and the children which Jehovah gave to me for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of armies dwelling in mount Zion.
Isaiah 13:18
And the bows of the boys shall be dashed in pieces, and the fruit of the womb they shall not pity; and upon their sons their eye shall not have compassion.