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Psalm 121

Psa. 121:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thev sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
shall not smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
thee by day
yowmam (Hebrew #3119)
daily
KJV usage: daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
Pronounce: yo-mawm'
Origin: from 3117
, nor the moon
yareach (Hebrew #3394)
the moon
KJV usage: moon. Yrechow. See 3405.
Pronounce: yaw-ray'-akh
Origin: from the same as 3391
by night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
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Isa. 49:10• 10They 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. (Isa. 49:10)
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Rev. 7:16• 16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. (Rev. 7:16)

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Day,
Moon,
Night,
Sun

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the sun.
Psa. 91:5‑10• 5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
 6Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
 7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
 8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
 9Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
 10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. (Psa. 91:5‑10)
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Isa. 49:10• 10They 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. (Isa. 49:10)
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Rev. 7:16• 16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. (Rev. 7:16)
• The Lord is our Keeper at all seasons, “by day,” and “by night.” (“Psalms 121” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "beat upon." see Jonah 4.8.