Psalm 127:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; So are children of the youth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.

American Standard Version (1901)

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

Common English Bible

The children born when one is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Behold, so will the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

Psalm 127:4 Cross References

Psalm 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

Proverbs 17:6

Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praiseth her, saying:

Jeremiah 50:9

For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.