Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

I LORD am its keeper, I will water it every moment. Lest any hurt it, I will guard it night and day.

New American Standard Bible

“I, the Lord, am its keeper;
I water it every moment.
So that no one will damage it,
I guard it night and day.

King James Version

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Holman Bible

I, Yahweh, watch over it;
I water it regularly.
I guard it night and day
so that no one disturbs it.

International Standard Version

I, the LORD, watch over it And I water it continuously. I guard it night and day so no one can harm it.

American Standard Version

I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Amplified


“I, the Lord, am its Keeper;
I water it every moment.
So that no one will harm it,
I guard it night and day.

Bible in Basic English

I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.

Darby Translation

I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day.

Julia Smith Translation

I Jehovah watched her; for the moments I will water her; lest he will review upon her, night and day I will watch her.

King James 2000

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I, Yahweh, [am] her keeper; I water it {again and again}. Lest one afflict [harm] on it, I guard it night and day;

Modern King James verseion

I Jehovah keep it; I will water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I the LORD keep it, and water it in due season. I watch day and night, that no man break into it.

NET Bible

I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it.

New Heart English Bible

I, the LORD, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

The Emphasized Bible

I - Yahweh, am Watching over her, Every moment, will I water her, - Lest anyone injure her, Night and day, will I watch over her.

Webster

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

World English Bible

I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

Youngs Literal Translation

I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I the Lord

Usage: 0

it I will water
שׁקה 
Shaqah 
Usage: 60

רגע 
Rega` 
Usage: 22

it, I will keep
נצר 
Natsar 
Usage: 63

it night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Israel Rescued

2 In that day [is] a vineyard of wine. Sing ye to it. 3 I LORD am its keeper, I will water it every moment. Lest any hurt it, I will guard it night and day. 4 Wrath is not in me. Would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them. I would burn them together.

Cross References

Isaiah 58:11

And LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones. And thou shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

1 Samuel 2:9

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.

Genesis 6:17

And I, behold, I bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

Genesis 9:9

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,

Deuteronomy 33:26-29

There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides upon the heavens for thy help, and in his excellency on the skies.

Psalm 46:5

God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God will help her, and that right early.

Psalm 46:11

LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 121:3-5

He will not allow thy foot to be moved. He who keeps thee will not slumber.

Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 35:6-7

Then the lame man shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing. For waters in the wilderness shall break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 41:13-19

For I, LORD thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not, I will help thee.

Isaiah 46:4

And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

Isaiah 46:9

Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is none else. [I am] God, and there is none like me,

Isaiah 55:10-11

For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Isaiah 60:16

Thou shall also suck the milk of the nations, and shall suck the breast of kings. And thou shall know that I, LORD, am thy Savior, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Ezekiel 34:11

For thus says lord LORD: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

Ezekiel 34:24

And I, LORD, will be their God, and my servant David ruler among them. I, LORD, have spoken it.

Ezekiel 37:14

And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live. And I will place you in your own land. And ye shall know that I, LORD, have spoken it and performed it, says LORD.

Ezekiel 37:28

And the nations shall know that I am LORD, who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

John 10:27-30

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 15:1-2

I am the TRUE grapevine, and my Father is the farmer.

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