SinaiPsalm 127:2
American Standard Version
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.
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Psalm 127:2 in other translations
It is vain for you to rise up early,
to stay up late,
eating the bread of toil,
for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Psalm 127:2 in context
- 1Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
- 2It 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.
- 3Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- 4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.