King James Version
Psalms 132:4 in the King James Version says “I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 132 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,”
Psalms 132:4 · KJV
How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed ;
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. an habitation: Heb. habitations
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“I will not give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“to mine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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