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I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills

Psalms 121:3

In 11 translations

BSB
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
KJV
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
WEB
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
ASV
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
LSV
He does not permit your foot to be moved, || He who is preserving you does not slumber.
YLT
He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.
DBY
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
DRC120:3
May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.
GNV
He wil not suffer thy foote to slippe: for he that keepeth thee, will not slumber.
JPS
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
LXXE120:3
Let not thy foot be moved; and let not thy keeper slumber.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַל־יִתֵּ֣ן לַמּ֣וֹט רַגְלֶ֑ךָ אַל־יָ֝נ֗וּם שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br120:3
Μὴ δῴης εἰς σάλον τὸν πόδα σου, μηδὲ νυστάξῃ ὁ φυλάσσων σε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 3:26for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
  • Proverbs 3:23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
  • 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
  • Psalms 91:12They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
  • Psalms 66:9He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
  • 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
  • Isaiah 27:3I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
  • Proverbs 2:8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
  • Psalms 41:2The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 120:3 in some Bibles
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