Psalms 127:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.”
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“In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; Forso he giveth unto his beloved sleep.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 127:2 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Job 11:18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
- Psalms 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Psalms 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Psalms 60:5Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Proverbs 31:15She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
- Proverbs 31:18She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
- Ecclesiastes 2:20So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
- Jeremiah 31:26At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
- Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
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