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Psalms 121:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— By day, the sun, shall not smite, nor, the moon, by night.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The sunne shall not smite thee by day, nor the moone by night.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The sunne shall not smite thee by day; nor the moone by night.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The sun 8121
{8121} Prime
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
{sheh'-mesh}
From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication the east; figuratively a ray, that is, (architecturally) a notched battlement.
shall not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
smite 5221
{5221} Prime
נָכָה
nakah
{naw-kaw'}
A primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
thee by day, 3119
{3119} Prime
יוֹמָם
yowmam
{yo-mawm'}
From H3117; daily.
nor the moon 3394
{3394} Prime
יָרֵחַ
yareach
{yaw-ray'-akh}
From the same as H3391; the moon.
by night. 3915
{3915} Prime
לַיִל
layil
{lah'-yil}
From the same as H3883; properly a twist (away of the light), that is, night; figuratively adversity.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 121:6-8

_ _ God keeps His people at all times and in all perils.

_ _ nor the moon by night — poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides (Genesis 1:16).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 121:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 121:6

Smite — With excessive heat. Moon — With that cold and moisture which come into the air by it. Intemperate heats and colds are the springs of many diseases.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 121:6

The sun shall not (c) smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

(c) Neither heat nor cold, nor any inconvenience will be able to destroy God's Church, even though for a time they may molest it.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the sun:

Psalms 91:5-10 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day; ... There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Isaiah 49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Revelation 7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
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Ps 91:5. Is 49:10. Rv 7:16.

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