Psalm 127:2

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

Being early to rise is in vain for you, being late to sit up to eat the bread of toils is vain; for so He gives His beloved sleep.

Cross References

Job 11:18

And you shall trust, because there is hope. Yea, you shall look about and you shall lie down in safety.

Psalm 3:5

I laid down and slept. I awoke, for Jehovah sustained me.

Psalm 4:8

I will both lie down in peace and sleep; for You alone, O Jehovah, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 60:5

Save with Your right hand and answer me, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of Jehovah makes one to be rich, and he adds no pain with it.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and striving after wind!

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; and there is not a son or a brother to him; and there is not an end to all his labor; even his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor, and my soul be without good? This is also vanity; yea, it is an evil task.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much. But the sated lust of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

Jeremiah 31:26

On this I awakened and looked up, and my sleep was sweet to me.

Ezekiel 34:25

And I will cut a covenant of peace with them and give evil beasts to cease out of the land. And they shall live in the wilderness securely and sleep in the forests.