Psalm 127:2 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

² It is useless to get up early and stay up late in order to earn a living. God takes care of his own, even while they sleep.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Job 11:18

You will rest safe and secure, filled with hope and emptied of worry.

Psalm 3:5

I sleep and wake up refreshed because you, Lord, protect me.

Psalm 4:8

I can lie down and sleep soundly because you, Lord, will keep me safe.

Psalm 60:5

Answer our prayers, God! Use your powerful arm and give us victory. Then the people you love will be safe.

Proverbs 10:22

When the Lord blesses you with riches, you have nothing to regret.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen it all, and everything is just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

For example, some people don't have friends or family. But they are never satisfied with what they own, and they never stop working to get more. They should ask themselves, “Why am I always working to have more? Who will get what I leave behind?” What a senseless and miserable life!

Ecclesiastes 5:12

If you have to work hard for a living, you can rest well at night, even if you don't have much to eat. But if you are rich, you can't even sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

We struggle just to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied.

Jeremiah 31:26

and when they sleep, they will wake up refreshed.

Ezekiel 34:25

The people of Israel are my sheep, and I solemnly promise that they will live in peace. I will chase away every wild animal from the desert and the forest, so my sheep will not be afraid.