Psalms 127:5
How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4As arrows in the hand of a warrior, so, are the children of young men.
Cross References
Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:12And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning,—and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Proverbs 27:11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.
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 →