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Children Are a Heritage from the LORD

Psalms 127:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
KJV
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
WEB
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
ASV
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.
LSV
As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, || So [are] the sons of the young men.
YLT
As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So [are] the sons of the young men.
DBY
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
DRC126:4
As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.
GNV
As are the arrowes in the hand of ye strong man: so are the children of youth.
JPS
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one's youth.
LXXE126:4
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of those who were outcasts.

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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
כְּחִצִּ֥ים בְּיַד־גִּבּ֑וֹר כֵּ֝֗ן בְּנֵ֣י הַנְּעוּרִֽים׃
LXX-Br126:4
Ὡσεὶ βέλη ἐν χειρὶ δυνατοῦ, οὕτως οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἐκτετιναγμένων.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
  • Proverbs 31:28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
  • Jeremiah 50:9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors…
  • Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 126:4 in some Bibles
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