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Psalms 126:5

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

KJV

Beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis : non confundetur cum loquetur inimicis suis in porta.

Vulgate

μακάριος ὃς πληρώσει τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτῶν· οὐ καταισχυνθήσεται, ὅταν λαλῶσι τοῖς ἐχθροῖς αὐτῶν ἐν πύλῃ.

LXX

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

ASV

הַ/זֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּ/דִמְעָ֗ה בְּ/רִנָּ֥ה יִקְצֹֽרוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 22×
רִנָּֽה
rnh
noun · 33×
תִּזְרַ֣ע
tzr'
verb · 55×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

It was said of Abba Arsenius that during all his life as a monk he always had a cloth on his lap on account of the tears which fell from his eyes.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:30 — And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
  • 2Cor 7:8 — For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
  • 2Kgs 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day tho
  • Eccl 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
  • Eccl 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
  • Eccl 7:8 — Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
  • Eccl 11:1 — Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
  • Gal 6:8 — For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
  • Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Hos 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
  • Isa 9:3 — Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
  • Isa 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
  • Isa 35:10 — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Jas 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
  • Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
  • Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over
  • Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter
  • John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
  • John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
  • Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  • Luke 7:38 — And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
  • Mark 9:24 — And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
  • Matt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
  • Matt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
  • Num 29:7 — And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
  • Prov 11:18 — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
  • Ps 30:5 — For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
  • Ps 51:8 — Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
  • Ps 56:8 — Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
  • Ps 90:15 — Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
  • Ps 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • Ps 137:1 — By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.