Psalms 132:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;

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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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Readability

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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

Prov 6:4 : 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Ruth 3:18 : 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
Gen 24:33 : 33 And there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 132:2-3
2 verses
87%
2How he sware unto Jehovah, And vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:
3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, Nor go up into my bed;
Prov 6:4
84%
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Ps 132:5
81%
5Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Ps 121:3-4
2 verses
79%
3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
Ps 77:4
77%
4Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Ps 13:3-4
2 verses
76%
3Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 119:148
75%
148Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
Jer 31:26
74%
26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Ps 3:5-6
2 verses
74%
5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.
6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set themselves against me round about.
Job 4:13
73%
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
Isa 62:6-7
2 verses
73%
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.
Ps 6:6-7
2 verses
73%
6I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Gen 31:40
73%
40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Job 7:4
73%
4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Ps 127:2
72%
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.
Isa 62:1
72%
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.
Ps 4:8
72%
8In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Prov 24:33
72%
33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Job 14:12
72%
12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
Prov 6:10
71%
10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Ps 108:2
71%
2Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Ps 63:6
71%
6When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Ps 132:14
71%
14This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it.
Job 7:13
71%
13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
Eccl 8:16
71%
16When 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),
Prov 20:13
71%
13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Song 3:1
70%
1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Prov 4:16
70%
16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Ps 77:2
70%
2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.
Ps 17:15
70%
15As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.
Isa 5:27
70%
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:
Job 31:1
70%
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
Job 33:15
70%
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
Ps 131:1
70%
1A Song of Ascents; of David. Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.
Job 30:17
70%
17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
Ps 121:1
69%
1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
Lam 3:49
69%
49Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Ps 123:1
69%
1A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
Ps 59:4
69%
4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
Ps 57:8
69%
8Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Job 16:16
69%
16My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Ps 101:3
69%
3I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.
Ps 121:6
69%
6The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
Ps 17:3
69%
3Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.