Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageLook — children are a gift from Yahweh; the fruit of the womb is His reward, granted by His hand.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GSee — sons are a heritage from YHWH, the fruit of the womb His reward.
KJV
King James VersionLo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleChildren are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Footnotes
*Nachalah* (נַחֲלָה), rendered "heritage" in FOG, is Israel's quintessential covenantal term for divinely apportioned land-inheritance — not a possession earned but a sacred trust bestowed by YHWH and passed through generations. Applying it to *banim* (sons/children) is a radical theological claim: children are not produced, they are *apportioned* — as surely as the tribal allotments of Canaan were. *Sakar* (שָׂכָר), "reward/wages," reinforces this: it is the fruit not of reproductive achievement but of divine generosity. The shift from "futile labour" in verses 1–2 to this verse is deliberate — the only labour that truly yields is the fruit YHWH Himself gives. FOG preserves "heritage" to honour the full covenantal freight; FOG Message chooses "gift" so the grace-character of the giving lands immediately.
