Psalms 127:4 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So [are] the sons of the young men.
English ASV
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.
English Amplified
As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one’s youth.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
English EASY 2024
If you have sons while you are a young man, they are like a soldier's arrows that he can use.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
A young man's sons are like the arrows in a soldier's hand.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
The sons a man has when he is young are like arrows in a soldier's hand.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The children born to a man when he is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one's youth.
English KJV 1611
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
English LSB
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children born in one's youth.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Children who are born to people when they are young are like arrows in the hands of a soldier.
English NIV
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.
English NKJ 1982
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
English NLT
Children born to a young man are like sharp arrows in a warrior's hands.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one's youth.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Children born to a young couple will one day rise to protect and provide for their parents.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one's youth.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Children born to a young man are like sharp arrows to defend him.
English Tyndale 1537
Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children.