Psalm 127:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one’s youth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; So are children of the youth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

Common English Bible

⁴ The children born when one is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Behold, so will the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

Psalm 127:4 Cross References

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband, too, and he praises her:

Jeremiah 50:9

For I am going to stir up and bring against Babylon a company of great nations from the land of the north, and they shall array themselves against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.

Psalm 120:4

A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!