Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionIn vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to those he loves. English Standard Version It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Berean Study Bible In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved. King James Bible 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. New American Standard Bible It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. American Standard Version 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. Darby Bible Translation 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. Douay-Rheims Bible It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved, English Revised Version It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of toil: for so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. Young's Literal Translation Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep. Links Psalm 127:2 Bible HubPsalm 127:2 Bible Apps Psalm 127:2 Open Bible |