Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
Parallel translations
- KJV Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
- BSB Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- NKJV Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand.
- NASB When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.
- NLT Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.
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- Prov 24:16for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
- Ps 145:14Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
- Ps 94:18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.
- Mic 7:7–8But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- John 10:27–30My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
- Luke 22:31–32The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
- Ps 40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
- Ps 34:19–20Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Luke 2:34and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
- Ps 147:6Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
- Ps 37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
- Ps 91:12They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
- Luke 22:60–62But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
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