Psalm 127:2 - American Standard Version (1901)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. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769It 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. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionIt is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil–for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep. See the chapterCommon English BibleIt is pointless that you get up early and stay up late, eating the bread of hard labor because God gives sleep to those he loves. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionFor you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionBlessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. See the chapter |