King James Version

Psalms 121:4

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

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הִנֵּ֣הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָ֭נוּםyanumslumberנוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “slumber”, an unfinished actionH5123to slumber (from drowsiness)sleep, slumber.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִישָׁ֑ןyishanoldיָשֵׁןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “old”, an unfinished actionH3462properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterateold (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗רshomerbewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, participle, construct — “beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

World English Bible

Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Darby Translation

Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Douay-Rheims

For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ οὐ νυστάξει οὐδὲ ὑπνώσει ὁ φυλάσσων τὸν Ἰσραήλ.