Psalms 127:3 · KJV
“Lo, children {are} an heritage of the LORD: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward.”
— Psalms 127:3
{It is} vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: {for} so he giveth his beloved sleep.
As arrows {are} in the hand of a mighty man; so {are} children of the youth.
Psalms 127 — Context
[A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh {but} in vain. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}
2{It is} vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: {for} so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3Lo, children {are} an heritage of the LORD: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward.
4As arrows {are} in the hand of a mighty man; so {are} children of the youth.
5Happy {is} the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. {his...: Heb. filled his quiver with them} {speak...: or, subdue, or, destroy}
Cross References
Psalms 128:3-4
Thy wife {shall be} as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed {shall be} the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
1 Samuel 1:27
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Genesis 48:4
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee {for} an everlasting possession.
Genesis 33:5
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who {are} those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. {with...: Heb. to thee}
Isaiah 8:18
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me {are} for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. {moveth: Heb. creepeth}
1 Samuel 1:19-20
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.