KJV King James Version
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.
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Psalm 127:5
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.
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BSB 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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!
Surrounding context — Psalm 127
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.
3 Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
4 As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
5 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַשְׁרֵ֤יH835 · e.sherblessedהַגֶּ֗בֶרH1397 · ga.vergreat manאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichמִלֵּ֥אH4390 · ma.leto fillאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַשְׁפָּת֗וֹH827 · ash.pahquiverמֵ֫הֶ֥םH9038 · hemthemלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיֵבֹ֑שׁוּH954 · bushbe ashamedכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיְדַבְּר֖וּH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶת־H854 · etwithאוֹיְבִ֣יםH341 · o.yevenemyבַּשָּֽׁעַר׃H8179 · sha.argate
Cross-references
Proverbs 27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.Job 42:12-16So 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.Job 5:4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].Genesis 50:23And 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.Psalm 18:47[It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
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