Psalms 121:4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel; shall neither slumber nor sleepe.
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- 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
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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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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.