Psalms 91 · Verse 7

Psalms 91:7

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Psalms 91:7, King James Version

Psalms 91:7 in other translations

BSBThough a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
WEBA thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
ASVA thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.
YLTThere fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.
DARBYA thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
BBEYou will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
WebsterA thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

What does Psalms 91:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 91:7-8
7-8. The security is more valuable, as being special, and, therefore, evidently of God; and while ten thousands of the wicked fall, the righteous are in such safety that they only see the calamity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side - Calmet thinks this place should be translated thus: "A thousand enemies may fall upon thee on one side, and ten thousand may fall upon thee on thy right hand: but they shall not come nigh thee to take away thy life." It is a promise of perfect protection, and the utmost safety.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 91:1-8

He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that others may do so. The spiritual life is protected by Divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is a noisome pestilence. Great security is promised to…

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Psalms 91:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִפֹּ֤לyi.Polit will fallH5307
מִצִּדְּךָ֨\׀mi.tzi.de.Khafrom side yourH6654
אֶ֗לֶף'E.lefa thousandH505
וּרְבָבָ֥הu.re.va.Vahand ten thousandH7233
מִימִינֶ֑ךָmi.mi.Ne.khafrom right [hand] yourH3225
אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִגָּֽשׁ\׃yi.Gashit will draw nearH5066

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 91:7

  • Exodus 12:12-13

    For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 7:23

    And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

  • Psalms 32:6

    For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

  • Numbers 14:37-38

    Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

  • Joshua 14:10

    And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
32:6; Ge 7:23; Ex 12:12,13; Nu 14:37,38; Jos 14:10

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Context

  • Psalms 91:6

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

  • Psalms 91:7

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

  • Psalms 91:8

    Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

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Psalms 91:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Caerán á tu lado mil, y diez mil á tu diestra: mas á ti no llegará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il en tombera mille à ton côté, et dix mille à ta droite; – toi, tu ne seras pas atteint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Tausend werden fallen an deiner Seite, und zehntausend an deiner Rechten-dich wird es nicht erreichen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vir insipiens non cognoscet, et stultus non intelliget hæc.