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Psalms 127:5

Happy 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.

KJV

Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion, et videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ.

Vulgate

εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος ἐκ Σιών, καὶ ἴδοις τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ἰερουσαλὴμ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου,

LXX

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.

ASV

אַשְׁרֵ֤י הַ/גֶּ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּ֥א אֶת אַשְׁפָּת֗/וֹ מֵ֫/הֶ֥ם לֹֽא יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ כִּֽי יְדַבְּר֖וּ אֶת אוֹיְבִ֣ים בַּ/שָּֽׁעַר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
וֹ
v
noun · 6×
י
y
verb · 282×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 5:4 — His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
  • Job 42:12 — So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
  • Matt 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
  • Prov 27:11 — My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
  • Ps 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.