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Selected Verse: Isaiah 27:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 27:3 |
King James |
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| lest any hurt it--attack it [MAURER]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [HORSLEY]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I the Lord do keep it - There is understood here or implied an introduction; as 'Yahweh said' (compare Psa 121:3-5).
I will water it every moment - That is, constantly, as a vinedresser does his vineyard. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I keep it - I will protect my church from all her enemies, and supply her with all necessary provisions. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day - "I will take care of her by night; and by day I will keep guard over her" - For פן יפקד pen yiphkod, lest any visit it, the Syriac read ואפקד veephkod, and I will visit it. Twenty MSS. of Kennicott's, fourteen of De Rossi's, and two of my own, and six editions read אפקד ephkod, I will visit, in the first person. |
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.