I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Parallel translations
- WEB I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
- BSB I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
- NKJV I, the Lord, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day.
- NASB “I, the Lord, am its keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will damage it, I guard it night and day.
- NLT I, the Lord, will watch over it, watering it carefully. Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.
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Quick answer
God himself keeps and waters His vineyard constantly, guarding it day and night.
Overview
The Lord declares his tireless care for His people, watering them moment by moment and protecting them from harm. This reveals God's faithful, watchful preservation of those who are His. It anticipates Jesus' assurance that none of His sheep can be snatched from the Father's hand.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 58:11And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
- John 15:1–2I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- Ps 121:3–5He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- Ezek 34:11For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
- Ezek 37:14And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
- Isa 60:16Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
- Isa 55:10–11For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
- Isa 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
- Ezek 34:24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
- Isa 35:6–7Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
- Gen 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Isa 46:4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
- Deut 33:26–29There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Ps 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
- Isa 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Isa 41:13–19For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
- John 10:27–30My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- Ezek 37:28And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
- Gen 9:9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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