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Psalm 127:3

“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”

Psalm 127:3, King James Version (KJV)

“Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”

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Psalm 127 (KJV)

A Song of degrees for Solomon.

  1. 1Except 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. 2It 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. 3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
  4. 4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
  5. 5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Related verses

Passages that readers often connect with Psalm 127:3, in the King James Version.

  • Psalm 128:3–4

    Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. …

  • Deuteronomy 28:4

    Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

  • 1 Samuel 1:27

    For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

  • Genesis 48:4

    And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

  • Isaiah 8:18

    Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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1769 standardized text (eBible.org eng-kjv). Public domain outside the United Kingdom. Text courtesy of the Crosswire Bible Society and eBible.org. World English Bible Protestant Edition (eBible engwebp, 2026-09-15 snapshot). Public domain. World English Bible is a trademark of eBible.org. Text unmodified; footnotes and formatting omitted. Related verses: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0), from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.