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Psalms 91:7

What does Psalms 91:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 91:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Psalms 91:7 means

This verse powerfully illustrates the *effectiveness* of God's protection in the face of widespread calamity. Even when a multitude of people fall victim to dangers—"a thousand at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand"—the believer who dwells in God's secret place will remain untouched. This is not a guarantee against all hardship, but a promise that the ultimate destructive power of these evils will not reach the one secured by God. It emphasizes a supernatural preservation amidst general devastation.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.

Context

Following the detailed list of dangers in verses 5 and 6, this verse highlights the dramatic and miraculous outcome of God's protection. It moves from describing the threats to illustrating the radical difference God's presence makes. This verse acts as a powerful assurance, setting the stage for the believer to witness divine justice in verse 8, rather than suffer the same fate as the wicked.

v.6For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

v.7This passage

v.8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 12:12

    For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.

  • Genesis 7:23

    And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.

  • Joshua 14:10

    And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

  • Numbers 14:37

    even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.

  • Psalms 32:6

    For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

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