KJV King James Version
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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Psalm 121:6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
WEB World English Bible
The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
ASV American Standard Version
The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.
Surrounding context — Psalm 121
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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Cross-references
Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.Isaiah 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.Psalm 91:5-10Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live.
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