Psalm 127:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one’s youth.

Cross References

Psalm 120:4

A warrior’s arrows sharpened with coals of brush wood!

Proverbs 17:6

Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parentage.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband, too, praises her:

Jeremiah 50:9

See, I am stirring up against Babylon a band of great nations from the land of the north; They are arrayed against her, from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warrior who never returns empty-handed.