Psalm 127:2 - The Scriptures 2009

In vain do you rise up early, To sit up late, to eat the bread of toil; So He gives His beloved sleep.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It 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.

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.

Common English Bible

It 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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

Psalm 127:2 Cross References

Job 11:18

And you shall trust, because there is expectancy. And when you have searched you shall lie down in safety.

Psalm 3:5

I, I laid down and slept; I awoke, for יהוה sustained me.

Psalm 4:8

I lie down in peace altogether, and sleep; For You alone, O יהוה, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 60:5

That those You love might be rescued, Save with Your right hand and answer me.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of יהוה makes one rich, And He adds no pain with it.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. And see, all was futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, without a second, who has neither son nor brother. And there is no end to all his labours. His eye also is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving myself of good?” That too is futility, and an evil task.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Sweet is the sleep of a labourer whether he eats little or much, but the plenty of the rich does not let him sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Jeremiah 31:26

At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was sweet to me.

Ezekiel 34:25

“And I shall make a covenant of peace with them, and make evil beasts cease from the land. And they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.