Psalm 126:5 {125:5}
Good News Translation
Let those who wept as they planted their crops, gather the harvest with joy!

New Revised Standard Version
May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy.

Contemporary English Version
We cried as we went out to plant our seeds. Now let us celebrate as we bring in the crops.

New American Bible
Those who sow in tears will reap with cries of joy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

that sow

Psalm 137:1 Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

Isaiah 12:1-3 And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me. . . .

Jeremiah 31:9-13 They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. . . .

Joel 2:17,23 Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God? . . .

Matthew 5:4 Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.

John 16:20-22 Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. . . .

2 Corinthians 7:8-11 For although I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent. And if I did repent, seeing that the same epistle (although but for a time) did make you sorrowful, . . .

joy.

Context
The LORD Has Done Great Things
4Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south. 5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.6Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. [7] But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves.…
Cross References
Galatians 6:9
And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.

Psalm 30:5
For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.

Psalm 80:5
How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

Psalm 126:6
Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. [7] But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves.

Isaiah 35:10
And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11
And now they that are redeemed by the Lord, shall return, and shall come into Sion singing praises, and joy everlasting shall be upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 61:7
For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:16
Thus saith the Lord: Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thy eyes tears: for there is a reward for thy work, saith the Lord: and they shall return out of the land of the enemy.

Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together: going and weeping they shall make haste, and shall seek the Lord their God.

Lamentations 1:2
Beth. Weeping, she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her: all her friends have despised her, and are become her enemies.

Psalm 126:4
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