Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageHe gives the barren woman a home, making her a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GHe settles the barren woman of the household as a joyful mother of children. Hallelu-Yah!
KJV
King James VersionHe maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleHe settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
Footnotes
*עֲקֶרֶת* (*aqeret*) — literally 'the uprooted one' or 'rootless woman,' from *aqar*, to be torn up, to lack roots. In the Hebrew world, childlessness was more than personal grief — it meant social invisibility, theological questioning, and the severing of one's name from the future. The word summons the full weight of Israel's barren matriarchs: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Hannah — each transformed by divine initiative alone. The closing *Hallelu-Yah!* mirrors the opening cry, sealing the psalm as a liturgical arch. FOG renders 'barren woman of the household,' preserving her pre-reversal invisibility within the domestic sphere; FOG Message renders 'gives the barren woman a home,' making the gift itself — belonging, rootedness, place — the heart of the transformation.
