Psalm 121:4
New International Version
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

New Living Translation
Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps.

English Standard Version
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

King James Bible
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

New King James Version
Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

New American Standard Bible
Behold, He who watches over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

NASB 1995
Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

NASB 1977
Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, He who keeps Israel Will not slumber and will not sleep.

Amplified Bible
Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber [briefly] nor sleep [soundly].

Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, the Protector of Israel does not slumber or sleep.

American Standard Version
Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the keeper of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.

Contemporary English Version
The protector of Israel doesn't doze or ever get drowsy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

English Revised Version
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Indeed, the Guardian of Israel never rests or sleeps.

Good News Translation
The protector of Israel never dozes or sleeps.

International Standard Version
Look! The one who is guarding Israel never sleeps and does not take naps.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, He that keepeth Israel Doth neither slumber nor sleep.

Literal Standard Version
Behold, He does not slumber, nor sleep, | He who is preserving Israel.

Majority Standard Bible
Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

New American Bible
Behold, the guardian of Israel never slumbers nor sleeps.

NET Bible
Look! Israel's protector does not sleep or slumber!

New Revised Standard Version
He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

New Heart English Bible
Look, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

World English Bible
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills
3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. 4Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.…

Cross References
Psalm 121:3
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

Psalm 121:5
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

Psalm 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

he that

Psalm 27:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 32:7,8
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah…

Psalm 127:1
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

shall

1 Kings 18:27
And 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.

Ecclesiastes 8:16
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:)

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Psalm 121
1. The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's protection














(4) Slumber nor sleep.--This repetition, with the addition of a synonym, offers a very good instance of the step-like style supposed by many critics to give their name to these psalms. But it must be carefully noticed that there is no climax in the force of the two words, the first, if anything, being the stronger. It is used of the sleep of death (Psalm 76:5).

Verse 4. - Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The assurance rises from the particular to the general. It is not one Israelite alone over whom God will watch unceasingly, but the whole people of Israel.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Behold,
הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the Protector
שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗ר (w·mêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

slumber
יָ֭נוּם (yā·nūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5123: To be drowsy, slumber

or sleep.
יִישָׁ֑ן (yî·šān)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate


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