Psalms 127:5
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.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
Cross References
Job 1:2There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 127:2-5
Dependence on Providence; God the Giver of Prosperity. 1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 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 a 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… Read the whole commentary →