Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court. New Living Translation How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates. English Standard Version Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. Berean Standard Bible Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate. King James Bible Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. New King James Version Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. New American Standard Bible Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate. NASB 1995 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate. NASB 1977 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They shall not be ashamed, When they speak with their enemies in the gate. Legacy Standard Bible How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with enemies in the gate. Amplified Bible How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate. Christian Standard Bible Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them. They will never be put to shame when they speak with their enemies at the city gate. Holman Christian Standard Bible Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them. Such men will never be put to shame when they speak with their enemies at the city gate. American Standard Version Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Blessed is the man who will fill his quiver with them, and they will not be ashamed when speaking with the enemy in the gate. Brenton Septuagint Translation Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them: they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates. Contemporary English Version The more you have, the better off you will be, because they will protect you when your enemies attack you in court. Douay-Rheims Bible Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate. English Revised Version Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. GOD'S WORD® Translation Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the city gate. Good News Translation Happy is the man who has many such arrows. He will never be defeated when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment. International Standard Version How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. JPS Tanakh 1917 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate. Literal Standard Version O the blessedness of the man | Who has filled his quiver with them, | They are not ashamed, | For they speak with enemies in the gate! Majority Standard Bible Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate. New American Bible Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will never be shamed for he will destroy his foes at the gate. NET Bible How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate. New Revised Standard Version Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. New Heart English Bible Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. Webster's Bible Translation Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. World English Bible Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. Young's Literal Translation O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Children are a Heritage From the LORD…4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. 5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate. Cross References Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth." Genesis 34:20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city: Psalm 128:2 For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. Psalm 128:3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place. Proverbs 27:11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me. Isaiah 29:21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice. Treasury of Scripture Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. happy Genesis 50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. Job 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. Job 42:12-16 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses… his quiver full of them. Job 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. Proverbs 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. speak. Psalm 18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. or, destroy Jump to Previous Ascents Ashamed Blessed Cause Contend Disappointed Enemies Full Gate Good Happiness Happy Haters Psalm Quiver Shame Song Speak Speaks Store Supported Won'tJump to Next Ascents Ashamed Blessed Cause Contend Disappointed Enemies Full Gate Good Happiness Happy Haters Psalm Quiver Shame Song Speak Speaks Store Supported Won'tPsalm 127 1. The virtue of God's blessing3. Good children are his gift (5) They.--Not the sons. There is here one of the sudden changes of number in which Hebrew poetry abounds. (See especially Psalm 107:43.) Parents who have large families of sons are evidently intended. From the figure of the warrior and the arrows we should expect here, too, a martial image. They shall not be discomfited, but they shall challenge their enemies in the gates. In illustration may be quoted: "Therefore men pray to have around their hearth, Obedient offspring, to requite their foes With harm, and honour whom their father loves; But he whose issue is unprofitable, Begets what else but sorrow to himself, And store of laughter to his enemies?" SOPH.: Antig., 641 On the other hand, it is the habit of Hebrew poetry to accumulate metaphors, and the gate is so commonly spoken of as the place of public resort, where legal cases were decided (Isaiah 29:21; Amos 5:12, &c), that it is quite as likely that the allusion here is to the support which a man's just cause would receive when evidently backed up by a long retinue of stalwart sons. This view certainly receives support from Job 5:4, where we have the very opposite picture of a tyrant's sons, not only unable to support their father, but themselves "crushed in the gate;" and the phrase "speak with their enemies" in this same verse may be illustrated from Joshua 20:4; Jeremiah 12:1. . . . Verse 5. - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. Happy the man whose quiver contains many such arrows, and who is thus sure of abundant protection. They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate; rather, when they shall speak (Hengstenberg, Kay, Cheyne, Revised Version). "The gate" was the place where judgment was given, and where consequently adversaries were apt to meet, as they pushed their respective causes. There might be collisions on such occasions; and, in any case, a man with several lusty sons to take his part would have an advantage.
Hebrew Blessedאַשְׁרֵ֤י (’aš·rê) Interjection Strong's 835: Happiness, interjection, how happy! is the man הַגֶּ֗בֶר (hag·ge·ḇer) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply whose אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that quiver אַשְׁפָּת֗וֹ (’aš·pā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 827: A quiver (for arrows) is full מִלֵּ֥א (mil·lê) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of of them. מֵ֫הֶ֥ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They He will not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be put to shame יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ (yê·ḇō·šū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed when כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction he confronts יְדַבְּר֖וּ (yə·ḏab·bə·rū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue the enemies אוֹיְבִ֣ים (’ō·wy·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary at the gate. בַּשָּֽׁעַר׃ (baš·šā·‘ar) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate Links Psalm 127:5 NIVPsalm 127:5 NLT Psalm 127:5 ESV Psalm 127:5 NASB Psalm 127:5 KJV Psalm 127:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 127:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 127:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 127:5 French Bible Psalm 127:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 127:5 Happy is the man who has his (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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