Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Psalm 127:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 2 It is in vain that you rise up early,
  That you stay up late,
  That you toil for your food,
  Since he provides for his loved ones while giving them sleep.+

Psalm 127:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 2 To no avail it is for YOU men that YOU are rising up early,+
  That YOU are sitting down late,+
  That YOU are eating food* with pains.+
  Just like this he gives sleep even to his beloved one.*+

Psalm 127:2

The Bible in Living English
- 2 It is useless for you when you get up early,
  do not sit down till late,
  Keep busy while you eat;
  he gives his loved ones the same in sleep.

Psalm 127:2

American Standard Version
- 2 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.

Psalm 127:2

The Emphasized Bible
- 2 Vain for you—To be early in rising, To be late in lying down, To be eating the bread of wearisome toil, So would he give his beloved one sleep.

Psalm 127:2

King James Version
- 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.