Psalms 127:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPsalms 127:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
שָׁ֤וְא
shâvᵉʼ
H7723
vanity
לָכֶ֨ם
מַשְׁכִּ֪ימֵי
shâkam
H7925
to rise early
ק֡וּם
qûwm
H6965
to rise
מְאַֽחֲרֵי
ʼâchar
H309
to delay
שֶׁ֗בֶת
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
אֹ֭כְלֵי
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
לֶ֣חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
הָעֲצָבִ֑ים
ʻetseb
H6089
pain
כֵּ֤ן
kên
H3651
thus
יִתֵּ֖ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
לִֽידִיד֣וֹ
yᵉdîyd
H3039
beloved
שֵׁנָֽא
shênâh
H8142
sleep
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
vain for you, the ones rising early to get up, the ones being late to sit down, the ones eating the bread of toils; certainly he gives to his beloved one sleep.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).