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The Blessed Fear of the LORD

Psalms 128:6

In 11 translations

BSB
that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
KJV
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
WEB
Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
ASV
Yea, see thou thy children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
LSV
And see the sons of your sons! Peace on Israel!
YLT
And see the sons of thy sons! Peace on Israel!
DBY
And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
DRC127:6
And mayest thou see thy children’s children, peace upon Israel.
GNV
Yea, thou shalt see thy childrens children, and peace vpon Israel.
JPS
And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
LXXE127:6
And mayest thou see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.

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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
וּרְאֵֽה־בָנִ֥ים לְבָנֶ֑יךָ שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br127:6
Καὶ ἴδοις υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν σου· εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 42:16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
  • Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
  • Isaiah 66:12For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
  • Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
  • Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
  • Galatians 1:16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,

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

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  • 127:6 in some Bibles
  • 128:6 in most Bibles

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