Psalm 127:2 - Tree of Life Version

² In vain you rise up early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil— for He provides for His beloved ones even in their sleep.

More versions

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

Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is a grievous wrong that I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to his own hurt,

Psalm 4:8

You have put joy in my heart— more joy than when their grain and new wine overflow.

Job 11:18

You will be confident, because there is hope; you will look about you and lie down in safety.

Psalm 3:5

I cry out to Adonai with my voice, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

Jeremiah 31:26

“Behold, days are coming”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

Ezekiel 34:25

“I will make a covenant of shalom with them. I will remove the evil beasts from the land, so they may dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!

Psalm 60:5

You made Your people see hardship. You made us drink wine of staggering.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of Adonai brings wealth and He adds no trouble with it.