Psalm 113:9

Conservative English Version

When a wife has no children, he blesses her with some, and she is happy. Shout praises to the LORD!

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the LORD to let her have a child, and the LORD answered his prayer.

2 Kings 4:17

But a few months later, the woman got pregnant. She gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had promised.

Psalm 68:6

You find families for those who are lonely. You set prisoners free and let them prosper, but all who rebel will live in a scorching desert.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing and shout, even though you have never had children! The LORD has promised that you will have more children than someone married for a long time.

Numbers 5:28

But if she is innocent, her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to have children.

Galatians 4:27

The Scriptures say about her, "You have never had children, but now you can be glad. You have never given birth, but now you can shout. Once you had no children, but now you will have more children than a woman who has been married for a long time."

1 Samuel 2:5

People who once had plenty to eat must now hire themselves out for only a piece of bread. But you give the hungry more than enough to eat. A woman did not have a child, and you gave her seven, but a woman who had many was left with none.