Psalms 121:4–5
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel; shall neither slumber nor sleepe.
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade, vpon thy right hand.
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From verse 4
- Psalms 127:1Rank 1 from verse 4
- Isaiah 27:3Rank 2 from verse 4
- Psalms 32:7–8Rank 3 from verse 4
7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
7*Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt preserue mee from trouble: thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliuerance. Selah.
8†I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt goe: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16Rank 4 from verse 4
16¶ When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
16¶ When I applied mine heart to know wisedome, and to see the busines that is done vpon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleepe with his eyes.)
- 1 Kings 18:27Rank 5 from verse 4
27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
27And it came to passe at noone, that Eliiah mocked them, and saide, Crie †aloud: for he is a god, either ‖he is talking, or he †is pursuing, or hee is in a iourney, or peraduenture he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
- Psalms 27:1Rank 6 from verse 4
- Revelation 7:15Rank 7 from verse 4
From verse 5
- Isaiah 25:4Rank 1 from verse 5
4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
4For thou hast bene a strength to the poore, a strength to the needy in his distresse, a refuge from the storme, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storme against the wall.
- Psalms 91:1Rank 2 from verse 5
- Exodus 13:21Rank 3 from verse 5
21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
21And *the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to giue them light to goe by day and night.
- Psalms 16:8Rank 4 from verse 5
- Isaiah 4:5–6Rank 5 from verse 5
5And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
6And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
5*‖†And the LORD will create vpon euery dwelling place of mount Zion, and vpon her assemblies a cloude, and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for vpon all the glory shall be a defence.
6And there shalbe a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a couert from storme and from raine.
- Psalms 109:31Rank 6 from verse 5
- Isaiah 32:2Rank 7 from verse 5
2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
2†And a man shall be as an hiding place from the winde, and a couert from the tempest: as riuers of water in a drie place, as the shadow of a great rocke in a wearie land.
- Matthew 23:37Rank 8 from verse 5
37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
37*O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that killest the Prophets, *and stonest them which are sent vnto thee, how often would *I haue gathered thy children together, euen as a hen gathereth her chickens vnder her wings, and yee would not?
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Psalms 121:4
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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To sleep lightly; to doze.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.
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Psalms 121:5
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Protective shadow, shelter, or covering from heat or harm.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
3He will not suffer thy foote to bee moued: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
4Behold, he that keepeth Israel; shall neither slumber nor sleepe.
Selected passage5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade, vpon thy right hand.
Selected passage6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
6The sunne shall not smite thee by day; nor the moone by night.