Psalm 132:4
New International Version
I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

New Living Translation
I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids in slumber

English Standard Version
I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

Berean Standard Bible
I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

King James Bible
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

New King James Version
I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,

New American Standard Bible
I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,

NASB 1995
I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,

NASB 1977
I will not give sleep to my eyes, Or slumber to my eyelids;

Legacy Standard Bible
I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,

Amplified Bible
I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep Nor my eyelids to slumber,

Christian Standard Bible
I will not allow my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will not allow my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber

American Standard Version
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall not give sleep to my eyes, neither slumber to my eyebrows

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids, nor rest to my temples,

Contemporary English Version
or close my eyelids,

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

English Revised Version
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
get into my bed, shut my eyes, or close my eyelids

Good News Translation
I will not rest or sleep,

International Standard Version
or let myself go to sleep or even take a nap,

JPS Tanakh 1917
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Nor slumber to mine eyelids;

Literal Standard Version
If I give sleep to my eyes, | To my eyelids—slumber,

Majority Standard Bible
I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

New American Bible
I will give my eyes no sleep, my eyelids no rest,

NET Bible
I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,

New Revised Standard Version
I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

New Heart English Bible
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

Webster's Bible Translation
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,

Young's Literal Translation
If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Remember David's Affliction
3“I will not enter my house or get into my bed, 4I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, 5until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”…

Cross References
Proverbs 6:4
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Psalm 132:5
until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."


Treasury of Scripture

I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

give sleep

Genesis 24:33
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

Ruth 3:18
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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Psalm 132
1. David in his prayer commends unto God the reverent care he had for the ark
8. His prayer at the removing of the ark
11. With a repetition of God's promises














(4) I will not.--For this proverbial expression see Proverbs 6:4.

Verse 4. - I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to my eyelids. Exegetical of the last clause of ver. 3.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will not
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

give
אֶתֵּ֣ן (’et·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

sleep
שְׁנַ֣ת (šə·naṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8153: Sleep

to my eyes
לְעֵינָ֑י (lə·‘ê·nāy)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

[or] slumber
תְּנוּמָֽה׃ (tə·nū·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8572: Drowsiness, sleep

to my eyelids,
לְֽעַפְעַפַּ֥י (lə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pay)
Preposition-l | Noun - mdc | first person common singular
Strong's 6079: An eyelash, morning ray


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