Parallel Verses

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth 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 I was crying to the Lord,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
5 
I lay down and slept [safely];
I awakened, for the Lord sustains me.
6
I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands
Who have set themselves against me all around.


Cross References

Psalm 4:8


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.

Leviticus 26:6

I will also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down and there will be no one to make you afraid. I will also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.

Proverbs 3:24


When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Job 11:18-19


“Then you would trust [with confidence], because there is hope;
You would look around you and rest securely.

Psalm 66:9


Who keeps us among the living,
And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.

Psalm 127:2


It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.

Proverbs 14:26


In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And His children will [always] have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 18:10


The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].

Isaiah 26:3


“You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character],
Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].

Acts 12:6

The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison.

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