Strong's Lexicon In vain שָׁ֤וְא (šāw) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7723: 1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood 1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity 1b) emptiness of speech, lying 1c) worthlessness (of conduct) you לָכֶ֨ם ׀ (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew : rise ק֡וּם (qūm) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6965: 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise 1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build 1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene 1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate 1e5) to raise up, constitute 1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish 1e7) to make binding 1e8) to carry out, give effect to 1f) (Hophal) to be raised up early מַשְׁכִּ֪ימֵי (maš·kî·mê) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 7925: 1) to rise or start early 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to rise early, make an early start 1a2) early (as adverb) and stay up שֶׁ֗בֶת (še·ḇeṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3427: 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell late, מְאַֽחֲרֵי־ (mə·’a·ḥă·rê-) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 309: 1) to delay, hesitate, tarry, defer, remain behind 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to delay, tarry (intensive) 1a2) to cause one to delay, hinder, keep back 1b) (Piel) to delay, wait, stay behind (but not in hope) toiling הָעֲצָבִ֑ים (hā·‘ă·ṣā·ḇîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6089: 1) pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship 1a) pain 1b) hurt, offense 1c) toil, hardship 2) vessel, creation, object 3) (TWOT) idol for bread לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3899: 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general) to eat— אֹ֭כְלֵי (’ō·ḵə·lê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume for כֵּ֤ן (kên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3651: adv 1) so, therefore, thus 1a) thus, so 1b) just so 1c) therefore 1d) so...as (paired with adv) 1e) then 1f) forasmuch as (in phrase) 1g) (with prep) 1g1) therefore, this being so (specific) 1g2) hitherto 1g3) therefore, on this ground (general) 1g4) afterwards 1g5) in such case adj 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable 2a) right, just, honest 2b) correct 2c) true, veritable 2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent) He gives יִתֵּ֖ן (yit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon sleep שֵׁנָֽא׃ (šê·nā) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8142: 1) sleep to His beloved. לִֽידִיד֣וֹ (lî·ḏî·ḏōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3039: n m 1) one beloved, beloved adj 2) lovely Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIn vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved. Young's Literal Translation Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep. Holman Christian Standard Bible In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food — yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves. New American Standard Bible It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved [even in his] sleep. King James Bible [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. Parallel Verses New International Version In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to those he loves. New Living Translation It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones. English Standard Version It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. New American Standard Bible It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food-- yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves. International Standard Version It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor— truly he gives sleep to those he loves. NET Bible It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep. American Standard Version It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For'so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. English Revised Version It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of toil: for so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. Young's Literal Translation Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep. Cross References Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Job 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Job 11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Psalm 60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. Proverbs 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. Ecclesiastes 5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Jump to Previous Anxious Beloved Bread Delay Early Eat Eating Food Gives Grants Late Loves Ones Painful Rest Retire Rise Rising Sit Sitting Sleep Sorrows Toil Toiling Use VainJump to Next Anxious Beloved Bread Delay Early Eat Eating Food Gives Grants Late Loves Ones Painful Rest Retire Rise Rising Sit Sitting Sleep Sorrows Toil Toiling Use VainLinks Psalm 127:2 NIVPsalm 127:2 NLT Psalm 127:2 ESV Psalm 127:2 NASB Psalm 127:2 KJV Psalm 127:2 Bible Apps Psalm 127:2 Parallel Psalm 127:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 127:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 127:2 French Bible Psalm 127:2 German Bible Psalm 127:2 Commentaries Bible Hub |