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Psalm 127:3

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127:3Yes,6 sons7 are a gift from the Lord,

the fruit of the womb is a reward.

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Footnotes

  1. 6 or “look.”
  2. 7 Some prefer to translate this term with the gender neutral “children,” but “sons” are plainly in view here, as the following verses make clear. Daughters are certainly wonderful additions to a family, but in ancient Israelite culture sons were the “arrows” that gave a man security in his old age, for they could defend the family interests at the city gate, where the legal and economic issues of the community were settled.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,

the fruit of the womb a reward.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Children are a heritage from the Lord,

offspring a reward from him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,

offspring, a reward.

NLTNew Living Translation

Children are a gift from the Lord;

they are a reward from him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look, children are the heritage of Yahweh;

the fruit of the womb is a reward.

KJV 1900King James Version

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:

And the fruit of the womb is his reward.