King James Version
Psalms 127:4 in the King James Version says “As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 127 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.”
Psalms 127:4 · KJV
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.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
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. his: Heb. filled his quiver with them speak: or, subdue, or, destroy
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“As arrows”
H2671properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
“are in the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“so are children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of the youth”
H5271(only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
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