Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,
New American Standard Bible
Or slumber to my eyelids,
King James Version
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Holman Bible
or my eyelids to slumber
International Standard Version
or let myself go to sleep or even take a nap,
A Conservative Version
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
American Standard Version
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;
Amplified
I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep
Nor my eyelids to slumber,
Darby Translation
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,
Julia Smith Translation
If I shall give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eye-lashes,
King James 2000
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will give no sleep to my eyes, [no] slumber to my eyelids,
Modern King James verseion
I will not give sleep to my eyes, nor slumber to my eyelids,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber,
NET Bible
I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,
New Heart English Bible
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;
The Emphasized Bible
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor, to mine eye-lashes, slumber:
Webster
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
World English Bible
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;
Themes
Liberality » Instances of » David
Temple » Solomon's » David undertakes the building of
Topics
References
American
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 132:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
David And Zion Chosen
3 'If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed, 4 If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber, 5 Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Ruth 3:18
And she saith, 'Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.'
Genesis 24:33
and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, 'I do not eat till I have spoken my word;' and he saith, 'Speak.'