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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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!
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 126:4 in some Bibles
- 127:4 in most Bibles