Psalm 127:2
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat--for He gives sleep to His beloved.
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vain

Psalm 39:5, 6
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah . . .

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, 20-23
I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!" But it proved to be futile. . . .

Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile--a miserable task.

rise up

Proverbs 31:15-18
She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. . . .

the bread

Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree from which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. . . .

Ecclesiastes 6:7
All a man's labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

for so he

Psalm 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

Jeremiah 31:26
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

Ezekiel 34:25
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Acts 12:5, 6
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. . . .

Parallel Verses
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.

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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food-- yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

International Standard Version
It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor— truly he gives sleep to those he loves.

NET Bible
It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Those who will rise early and are late to sit down eating bread, in sorrows, are worthless, so he will give his beloved ones sleep.
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