Psalm 127:2

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

In context

1 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

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

3 Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
DBY Darby 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.
WBS Webster Bible: It is vain for you to rise early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.