Psalms 121 · Verse 6

Psalms 121:6

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Psalms 121:6, King James Version

Psalms 121:6 in other translations

BSB	The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
WEB	The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
ASV	The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.
YLT	By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.
DARBY	The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
BBE	You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.
Webster	The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

What does Psalms 121:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 121:6-8

6-8. God keeps His people at all times and in all perils. nor the moon by night--poetically represents the dangers of the night, over which the moon presides (Ge 1:16).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day - Thus expressed by the Chaldee: "The morning spectres shall not smite thee by day, during the government of the sun; nor the nocturnal spectres by night, during the government of the moon." I believe the psalmist simply means, they shall not be injured by heat nor cold; by a sun-stroke by day, nor a frost-bite by night.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 121:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יוֹמָ֗םyo.Mamby dayH3119

הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁha.She.meshthe sunH8121

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808

יַכֶּ֗כָּהya.Ke.kahit will strike youH5221

וְיָרֵ֥חַve.ya.Re.achand [the] moonH3394

בַּלָּֽיְלָה\׃ba.La.ye.lahin the nightH3915

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 121:6

Revelation 7:16
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Isaiah 49:10
They 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.
Psalms 91:5-10
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. …
Jonah 4:8
And 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the sun.
91:5-10; Isa 49:10; Re 7:16

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Context

Psalms 121:5
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Psalms 121:6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Psalms 121:7
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

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Psalms 121:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El sol no te fatigará de día, ni la luna de noche.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Le soleil ne te frappera pas de jour, ni la lune de nuit.
German Elberfelder 1871	Nicht wird die Sonne dich stechen des Tages, noch der Mond des Nachts.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.