Psalm 113:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He makes the barren woman to be a homemaker and a joyful mother of [spiritual] children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

Common English Bible

⁹ God nests the once barren woman at home— now a joyful mother with children! Praise the LORD!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.

Psalm 113:9 Cross References

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

2 Kings 4:17

But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.

Psalm 68:6

God gives the desolate a home to dwell in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Isaiah 54:1

“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in travail! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her that is married, says the Lord.

Numbers 5:28

But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married.”

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.