Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

New American Standard Bible

I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.

King James Version

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

Holman Bible

I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.

International Standard Version

I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me.

A Conservative Version

I laid down and slept. I awoke, for LORD sustains me.

American Standard Version

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

Amplified


I lay down and slept [safely];
I awakened, for the Lord sustains me.

Julia Smith Translation

I lay down and I, shall sleep; I awaked: for Jehovah will uphold me.

King James 2000

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.

Modern King James verseion

I laid down and slept. I awoke, for Jehovah kept me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; for the LORD sustained me.

NET Bible

I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.

New Heart English Bible

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for the LORD sustains me.

The Emphasized Bible

I, laid me down and slept, - I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!

Webster

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

World English Bible

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

Youngs Literal Translation

I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

Context Readings

Confidence In Troubled Times

4 With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. 6 I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.

Cross References

Psalm 4:8

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.

Leviticus 26:6

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land.

Proverbs 3:24

when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Job 11:18-19

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

Psalm 66:9

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Isaiah 26:3

Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed on thee, for he confideth in thee.

Acts 12:6

And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.

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