Parallel Verses
King James Version
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
New American Standard Bible
For You alone, O Lord, make me to
Holman Bible
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.
International Standard Version
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm
A Conservative Version
In peace I will both lay down and sleep, for thou, LORD, alone make me dwell in safety.
American Standard Version
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Amplified
In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.
Bible in Basic English
I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.
Darby Translation
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.
Julia Smith Translation
In peace together shall I lie down, and I shall sleep: for thou Jehovah alone wilt cause me to dwell confidently.
King James 2000
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In peace I will lie down and sleep {at once}, for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.
Modern King James verseion
I will lie down, both in peace and in sleep. For You alone, Jehovah, make me dwell in safety.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, LORD, only that makest me dwell in safety.
NET Bible
I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.
New Heart English Bible
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, the LORD alone, make me live in safety.
The Emphasized Bible
In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.
Webster
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.
World English Bible
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.
Youngs Literal Translation
In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!
Themes
Peace » General references to spiritual
spiritual Peace » Saints » Repose in
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 4:8
Images Psalm 4:8
Prayers for Psalm 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Night Prayer
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Cross References
Psalm 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Leviticus 25:18-19
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Leviticus 26:5
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Deuteronomy 12:10
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Psalm 16:8-9
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Proverbs 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Job 11:18-19
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Hosea 2:18
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.