Psalm 126:5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

English Standard Version
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

New American Standard Bible
Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

King James Bible
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

International Standard Version
Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.

American Standard Version
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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

Darby Bible Translation
They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing:

Young's Literal Translation
Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,

Cross References

Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Psalm 30:5
For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 80:5
You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure.

Psalm 126:6
He that goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 61:7
For your shame you shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be to them.

Jeremiah 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, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:16
Thus said the LORD; Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, said the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

126:4-6 The beginnings of mercies encourage us to pray for the completion of them. And while we are in this world there will be matter for prayer, even when we are most furnished with matter for praise. Suffering saints are often in tears; they share the calamities of human life, and commonly have a greater share than others. But they sow in tears; they do the duty of an afflicted state. Weeping must not hinder sowing; we must get good from times of affliction. And they that sow, in the tears of godly sorrow, to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting; and that will be a joyful harvest indeed. Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be for ever comforted. When we mourn for our sins, or suffer for Christ's sake, we are sowing in tears, to reap in joy. And remember that God is not mocked; for whatever a man soweth that shall he reap, Ga 6:7-9. Here, O disciple of Jesus, behold an emblem of thy present labour and future reward; the day is coming when thou shalt reap in joy, plentiful shall be thy harvest, and great shall be thy joy in the Lord.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5, 6. As in husbandry the sower may cast his seed in a dry and parched soil with desponding fears, so those shall reap abundant fruit who toil in tears with the prayer of faith. (Compare the history, Ezr 6:16, 22).