Psalms 126:5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psalms 126:5 in other translations
| BSB | Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. |
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| WEB | Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. |
| ASV | They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. |
| YLT | Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap, |
| DARBY | They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing: |
| BBE | Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy. |
| Webster | They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. |
What does Psalms 126:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 126:5-6
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 126:4-6
The beginnings of mercies encourage us to pray for the completion of them. And while we are in this world there will be matter for prayer, even when we are most furnished with matter for praise. Suffering saints are often in tears; they share the calamities of human life, and commonly have a greater share than others. But they sow in tears; they do the duty of an afflicted state. Weeping must not hinder sowing; we…
Psalms 126:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 126:5
- Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- John 16:20-22
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
- Joel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
- Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- Jeremiah 31:9-13
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. …
- Isaiah 12:1-3
And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
- Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
- 2 Corinthians 7:8-11
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
137:1; Isa 12:1-3; Jer 31:9-13; Joe 2:17,23; Mt 5:4; Joh 16:20-22
2Co 7:8-11
joy. or, singing.
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Context
- Psalms 126:4
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.
- Psalms 126:5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- Psalms 126:6
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalms 126:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los que sembraron con lágrimas, con regocijo segarán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ceux qui sèment avec larmes moissonneront avec chant de joie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Jubel ernten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis: non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta. |