Psalm 127:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² In vain do you rise up early, To sit up late, to eat the bread of toil; So He gives His beloved sleep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² 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

² 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

² For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

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.