Psalms 127:2

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.”

— ASV

Ecclesiastes 5:12 "The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep."
Psalms 4:8 "In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety."
Job 11:18 "You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety."
Psalms 3:5 "I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me."
Ecclesiastes 2:20-23 "Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun."
Jeremiah 31:26 "On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me."
Ezekiel 34:25 "“‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the wilder…"
Ecclesiastes 1:14 "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind."

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