Psalms 121:6 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX (PSA 120:6) Ἡμέρας ὁ ἥλιος οὐ συγκαύσει σε, οὐδὲ ἡ σελήνη τὴν νύκτα.
(Haʸmeras ho haʸlios ou sugkausei se, oude haʸ selaʸnaʸ taʸn nukta.)

ULT By day the sun will not strike you,
⇔ and the moon by night.

UST The sun will not harm you during the day,
⇔ and the moon will not harm you at night.

BSB The sun will not strike you by day,
⇔ nor the moon by night.

OEB The sun by day will not strike you,
⇔ nor the moon by night.

WEBBE The sun will not harm you by day,
⇔ nor the moon by night.

NET The sun will not harm you by day,
⇔ or the moon by night.

LSV By day the sun does not strike you,
Nor the moon by night.

FBV The sun won't hurt you during the day, nor the moon at night.

T4T He will not allow the sun to harm us during the day,
⇔ and he will not allow the moon to harm us during the night.

LEB • The sun will not strike you 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.

Moff the sun shall never hurt you in the day, nor the moon by night.

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

ASV The sun shall not smite thee by day,
⇔ Nor the moon by night.

DRA (PSA 120:6) The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

YLT By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.

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

RV The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
(The sun shall not smite thee/you by day, nor the moon by night.)

SLT By day the sun shall not burn thee, and the moon in the night.

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

KJB-1769 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
(The sun shall not smite thee/you by day, nor the moon by night.)

KJB-1611 The sunne shall not smite thee by day; nor the moone by night.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The sunne shal not hurt thee by day: neither the moone by nyght.
(The sun shall not hurt thee/you by day: neither the moon by night.)

Gnva The sunne shall not smite thee by day, nor the moone by night.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Cvdl So that the Sonne shal not burne the by daye, nether the Moone by night.
(So that the Son shall not burn the by day, neither the Moon by night.)

Wycl (PSA 120:6) The sunne schal not brenne thee bi dai; nether the moone bi nyyt.
(The sun shall not burn thee/you by day; neither the moon by night.)

Luth daß dich des Tages die Sonne nicht steche, noch der Mond des Nachts.
(that you/yourself the day the sun not sting/pierce, still the/of_the moon the night.)

ClVg (PSA 120:6) Per diem sol non uret te, neque luna per noctem.[fn]
(Through day the_sun not/no burn you(sg), nor moon through the_night.)

120.6 Per diem sol non uret te, neque luna per noctem, etc. ID. Deus est sol, etc., usque ad vel luna, id est Ecclesia, non permittet uri nocte tribulationis. HIER. Vel per diem accipiuntur prospera, etc., usque ad ita nunc in prosperis et in adversis nos servat.

120.6 Through day the_sun not/no burn you(sg), nor moon through the_night, etc. ID. God it_is the_sun, etc., until to or moon, that it_is Assembly/Church, not/no will_allow to_be_burnt at_night tribulation. HIER. Or through day are_accepted prosperous, etc., until to so/thus now in/into/on prosperous and in/into/on adversity us keeps.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

הַ⁠שֶּׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹֽא־יַכֶּ֗⁠כָּה וְ⁠יָרֵ֥חַ בַּ⁠לָּֽיְלָה

(Some words not found in UHB: by_day the,sun not it,will_strike_you and_[the],moon in,night )

The psalmist is speaking of the sun and the moon as if they were living things that could strike a person and cause harm. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the heat of the sun will not harm you, and the moon will not harm you by night]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠יָרֵ֥חַ בַּ⁠לָּֽיְלָה

and_[the],moon (Some words not found in UHB: by_day the,sun not it,will_strike_you and_[the],moon in,night )

The psalmist is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and the moon will not strike you by night]

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