The LORD Exalts the Humble
Psalms 113:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- KJV
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.to keep…: Heb. to dwell in an house
- WEB
- He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
- ASV
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.
- LSV
- Causing the barren one of the house to sit, || A joyful mother of sons; praise YAH!
- YLT
- Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!
- DBY
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [as] a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah!
- DRC112:9
- Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.
- GNV
- He maketh the barren woman to dwell with a familie, and a ioyfull mother of children. Prayse ye the Lord.
- JPS
- Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.
- LXXE112:9
- who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מֽוֹשִׁיבִ֨י ׀ עֲקֶ֬רֶת הַבַּ֗יִת אֵֽם־הַבָּנִ֥ים שְׂמֵחָ֗ה הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃
- LXX-Br112:9
- ὁ κατοικίζων στείραν ἐν οἴκῳ, μητέρα ἐπὶ τέκνοις εὐφραινομένην.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 68:6God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- Genesis 30:22–23Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
- Genesis 21:5–7Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.” She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would…
- 1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
- Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
- Luke 1:13–15But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many…
- Galatians 4:27For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
- Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 112:9 in some Bibles
- 113:9 in most Bibles