American Standard Version ASV
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
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Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
2 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.
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In vain you get up early and stay up late, eating food earned by hard work; certainly He gives sleep to the one He loves.
3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
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Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, children, a reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.
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Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons born in one's youth.
5 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.
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Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them. Such men will never be put to shame when they speak with [their] enemies at the city gate.
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