Psalm 127:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ Blessed is the man Who has filled his quiver with them. They are not ashamed, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Happy, blessed, and fortunate is the man whose quiver is filled with them! They will not be put to shame when they speak with their adversaries [in gatherings] at the [city's] gate.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Common English Bible

⁵ The person who fills a quiver full with them is truly happy! They won’t be ashamed when arguing with their enemies in the gate.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ May the Lord bless you from Zion, and may you see the good things of Jerusalem, all the days of your life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

Psalm 127:5 Cross References

Genesis 50:23

And Yosĕph saw Ephrayim’s children to the third generation. The children of Maḵir, son of Menashsheh, were also born on Yosĕph’s knees.

Job 1:2

And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, with no one to deliver.

Psalm 18:47

The Ěl who avenges me, And He humbles the peoples under me;

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and gladden my heart, That I might have a word for him who reproaches me.