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Psalms 91:6

What does Psalms 91:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 91:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Psalms 91:6 means

This verse further specifies the threats, emphasizing God's protection against dangers that operate in different times and manners. "The pestilence that walketh in darkness" refers to diseases or unseen evils that spread stealthily and often take hold when people are most vulnerable or unaware. "The destruction that wasteth at noonday" speaks of sudden, overwhelming calamities or widespread devastation that can strike even in apparent security. The assurance is that God's protection extends to these pervasive, timing-specific threats, whether they are hidden or plainly visible.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Context

This verse expands on the categories of threats introduced in verse 5, completing the four-fold description of dangers. It moves from general terror and arrows to more insidious pestilence and destruction, carefully dividing them by time. This meticulous listing of dangers underscores the comprehensive nature of God's promised protection before the psalmist states its miraculous effectiveness in the subsequent verses.

v.5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

v.6This passage

v.7A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; Butit shall not come nigh thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 24:6

    And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

  • Exodus 12:29

    And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.

  • 2 Samuel 24:15

    So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

  • Numbers 16:48

    And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

  • 2 Kings 19:35

    And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:3

    and did all eat the same spiritual food;

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