Psalms 127:2
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.
Psalms 127:2 in other translations
| BSB | In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep. |
| DARBY | It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep. |
| BBE | It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep. |
| Webster | It is vain for you to rise early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. |
What does Psalms 127:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 127:1-2
Psa 127:1-5. The theme of this Psalm, that human enterprises only succeed by the divine blessing, was probably associated with the building of the temple by Solomon, its author. It may have been adopted in this view, as suited to this series especially, as appropriately expressing the sentiments of God's worshippers in relation to the erection of the second temple. 1-2. suggest the view of the theme given.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Psalms 127:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 127:2
- Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
- Psalms 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
- Job 11:18
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
- Psalms 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
- Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:20-23
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Proverbs 31:15-18
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
- Psalms 39:5-6
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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Context
- Psalms 127:1
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.
- Psalms 127:2
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.
- Psalms 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 127:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por demás os es el madrugar á levantaros, el veniros tarde á reposar, el comer pan de dolores: pues que á su amado dará Dios el sueño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est en vain que vous vous levez matin, que vous vous couchez tard, que vous mangez le pain de douleurs. Ainsi, il donne le sommeil à son bien-aimé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Vergebens ist es für euch, daß ihr früh aufstehet, spät aufbleibet, das Brot der Mühsal esset; also gibt er seinem Geliebten im Schlaf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis: beatus es, et bene tibi erit. |