KJV King James Version
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
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Psalm 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
WEB World English Bible
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
ASV American Standard Version
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!
Surrounding context — Psalm 113
6 Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
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Psalm 68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].Genesis 21:5-7And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.Genesis 30:22-23And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.1 Samuel 2:5[They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.Isaiah 54:1Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.Luke 1:13-15But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.Genesis 25:21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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