He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
Parallel translations
- KJV He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- BSB He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
- NKJV He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.
- NASB He will not allow your foot to slip; He who watches over you will not slumber.
- NLT He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber.
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Cross-references · 10
- Prov 3:26for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
- Prov 3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
- 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
- Ps 91:12They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
- Ps 127:1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
- Isa 27:3I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
- 1 Pet 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Ps 66:9who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.
- Prov 2:8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
- Ps 41:2Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
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