Psalms 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
KJV
Innocens manibus et mundo corde, qui non accepit in vano animam suam, nec juravit in dolo proximo suo :
Vulgate
ἀθῷος χερσὶν καὶ καθαρὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ, ὃς οὐκ ἔλαβεν ἐπὶ ματαίῳ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ὤμοσεν ἐπὶ δόλῳ τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ.
LXX
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
ASV
גַּ֤ם כִּֽי אֵלֵ֨ךְ בְּ/גֵ֪יא צַלְמָ֡וֶת לֹא אִ֘ירָ֤א רָ֗ע כִּי אַתָּ֥ה עִמָּדִ֑/י שִׁבְטְ/ךָ֥ וּ֝/מִשְׁעַנְתֶּ֗/ךָ הֵ֣מָּה יְנַֽחֲמֻֽ/נִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. David, who had himself been a shepherd, uses this image to express the tender care of God over his people. Under the metaphor of green pastures and still waters, he celebrates the spiritual nourishment which God provides. Even in the valley of the shadow of death, the believer need fear no evil, for God's rod and staff are a comfort. T…
'The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.' See Ps. xxiii. 1. The Church speaks this of Christ, for He is the Good Shepherd who laid down His life for the sheep. See John x. 11. 'He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.' See Ps. xxiii. 2. The green pastures are the refreshments of good works; the still waters are the quiet of peace. 'H…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:55 — O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
- 2Sam 22:19 — They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
- 2Tim 4:22 — The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
- Acts 18:9 — Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
- Isa 8:9 — Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken i
- Isa 9:2 — The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
- Isa 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther
- Isa 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isa 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
- Isa 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k
- Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
- Jer 2:6 — Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shado
- Jer 38:28 — So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
- Job 3:5 — Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- Job 3:5 — Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- Job 10:21 — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- Job 10:21 — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- Job 24:17 — For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
- Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- Job 38:17 — Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
- John 14:18 — I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
- Luke 1:79 — To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Luke 1:79 — To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
- Matt 1:23 — Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Mic 7:14 — Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Num 23:21 — He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
- Prov 10:9 — He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
- Prov 14:32 — The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Ps 3:6 — I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
- Ps 3:6 — I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
- Ps 14:5 — There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- Ps 27:1 — The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Ps 44:19 — Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Ps 44:19 — Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Ps 46:1 — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 46:2 — Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
- Ps 46:11 — The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Ps 71:21 — Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.