Psalms 121:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
Ps 32:7-8 : 7 Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {H5542} 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
Ps 27:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Eccl 8:16 : 16 When I applied my 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),
Isa 27:3 : 3 I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 121:3
89%
3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Ps 121:5-8
4 verses
82%
5Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Ps 132:3-5
3 verses
79%
3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, Nor go up into my bed;
4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;
5Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isa 62:6-7
2 verses
76%
6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,
7and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Prov 6:4
74%
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Isa 5:27
72%
27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
Isa 27:3
72%
3I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Ps 3:5
71%
5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.
Ps 115:9
71%
9O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Jer 14:8
70%
8O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Isa 26:3
69%
3Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee.
Ps 77:4
69%
4Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Ps 41:2
69%
2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
Ps 44:23
69%
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Ps 91:11
69%
11For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
Ps 115:12
69%
12Jehovah hath been mindful of us; He will bless [us]: He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.
Ps 128:6
69%
6Yea, see thou thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Prov 24:33
69%
33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Ps 127:1-2
2 verses
69%
1A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
Ps 89:18
69%
18For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Jer 31:26
69%
26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Ps 4:8
68%
8In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Ps 59:5
68%
5Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. {H5542}
Ps 131:3
68%
3O Israel, hope in Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore.
Ps 13:3
68%
3Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Ps 125:1-2
2 verses
68%
1A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
Mark 13:36
68%
36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Num 6:24
67%
24Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee:
Ps 146:6
67%
6Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
Exod 31:16
67%
16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Ps 66:9
67%
9Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Isa 40:28
67%
28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
Prov 6:10
67%
10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Isa 33:20
67%
20Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Isa 62:1
67%
1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
Prov 3:26
67%
26For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
Zeph 3:16
67%
16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.
Ps 76:5
67%
5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.
Luke 4:10
67%
10for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee:
Gen 28:15
67%
15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Isa 31:5
67%
5As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
Ps 23:1
67%
1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.