Psalm 127:2 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

It is a waste of time to get up early and stay up late, trying to make a living. The Lord provides for those he loves, even while they are sleeping.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

Psalm 127:2 Tagairtí Cros

Job 11:18

You will feel safe because there is hope. God will protect you and give you rest.

Psalm 3:5

I can lie down to rest and know that I will wake up, because the Lord covers and protects me.

Psalm 4:8

When I go to bed, I sleep in peace, because, Lord, you keep me safe.

Psalm 60:5

Use your great power and give us victory! Answer our prayer and save the people you love.

Proverbs 10:22

It is the Lord’s blessing that brings wealth, and no hard work can add to it.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I looked at everything done on earth, and I saw that it is all a waste of time. It is like trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

I saw a man who has no family, not a son or even a brother. But he continues to work very hard. He is never satisfied with what he has. And he works so hard that he never stops and asks himself, “Why am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy my life?” This is also a very bad and senseless thing.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Those who work hard all day come home and sleep in peace. It is not important if they have little or much to eat. But the rich worry about their wealth and are not able to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

People work and work to feed themselves, but they are never satisfied.

Jeremiah 31:26

After hearing that, I, Jeremiah, woke up and looked around. My sleep was very pleasant.

Ezekiel 34:25

“And I will make a peace agreement with my sheep. I will take harmful animals away from the land. Then the sheep can be safe in the desert and sleep in the woods.